Alternative Names Morgan Street; Lilybank Factory
Site type JUTE WORKS
Canmore ID 68100
Site Number NO43SW 96.00
NGR NO 41344 31175
Council DUNDEE, CITY OF
Parish DUNDEE (DUNDEE, CITY OF)
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District CITY OF DUNDEE
Former County ANGUS

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Archaeological Notes

NO43SW 96.00 Centred 41344 31175

96.01 Taybank Works (Jute Spinning) 41387 31144
96.02 Taybank Works (Jute Spinning) 41269 31217

The Taybank Works on Arbroath Road were built in 1873 by the Pearce Brothers as a spinning mill attached to an earlier weaving shed.
The 1949 extension, with it's distinctive chamfered corner and recessed entrance was designed by SCWS architect Kenneth Masson.
Information taken from McKean & Walker, 1984.

Taybank Works is to be converted to housing.
Information from Mark Watson of Historic Scotland, Scottish Industrial Archaeology Panel minutes of 10th November 2006.

Architectural Notes

NMRS REFERENCE
Arbroath Road, Taybank Works
Originally Lilybank Power loom Factory c. 1845
1949 extension on corner, on original site of Lilybank Foundry.

McKean and Walker, C and D (1984) Dundee: an illustrated architectural guide, 1993 printing Edinburgh
Page(s): 136 Held at RCAHMS D.13.13.DUN

Watson, M (1990) Jute and flax mills in Dundee, Tayport
Page(s): 228-9 Held at RCAHMS D.13.13.DUO