Dundee, 5, 7 Hawkhill Place, Hawkhill House
House (18th Century)
Site Name Dundee, 5, 7 Hawkhill Place, Hawkhill House
Classification House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art; Mountpleasant Place
Canmore ID 292084
Site Number NO32NE 412
NGR NO 39449 29896
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/292084
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO32NE 412 39449 29896
Hawkhill house situated on the E side of Hawkhill Place. T-shaped in plan, the house is depicted on the 1st edition of the 25-inch map (Forfarshire, 1881, sheet) and described in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey as ' A neat plain house, three storeys high and built of freestone. A vegetable garden and a small tract of ornamental ground are attached. It is the residence of Miss Martin and the property of Mrs Nicols.
South of the house is a green, the property of the Hawkhill Bowling Club. A high and conspicuous flag ornaments the green'. (ONB 1863).
The 25-inch depiction of 1881 shows a flight of steps leading to the S facade of the building and extensions to the N.
A building to the same ground plan is shown on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2007