Comments on Individual Properties
These are my comments which are included on some properties in the 'Commentary' section of a Property Page. They contain a few comments which could otherwise only be found on the individual property page itself. They are not listed in any order. Click on the 'Location' link to go to the full property page.
There are 278 records.
| A building (Hope Cottage), subdivided into 3 or 4, was on the site by 1858. It was extended by 1864, probably to its final size. Internal divisions complicate the picture. | Matthewson's Land [7], William Street | Location |
| A building (Hope Cottage), subdivided into 3 or 4, was on the site by 1858. It was extended by 1864, probably to its final size. Internal divisions complicate the picture. | Matthewson's Land [8], William Street | Location |
| Replaced an earlier toll house on the other side of the road. | Newport Toll, Cupar Road | Location |
| Robert Just owned 5 properties at The Terrace and 8 at Woodend. His listings in the Valuation Rolls are frequently mixed up and untangling them has proved a challenge. People did move between the properties, which adds to the difficulties. Some directory entries remain unanswered. | Just's Land [1], West Road | Location |
| Robert Just owned 5 properties at The Terrace and 8 at Woodend. His listings in the Valuation Rolls are frequently mixed up and untangling them has proved a challenge. People did move between the properties, which adds to the difficulties. Some directory entries remain unanswered. | Just's Land [2], West Road | Location |
| Robert Just owned 5 properties at The Terrace and 8 at Woodend. His listings in the Valuation Rolls are frequently mixed up and untangling them has proved a challenge. People did move between the properties, which adds to the difficulties. Some directory entries remain unanswered. | Just's Land [3], West Road | Location |
| Robert Just owned 5 properties at The Terrace and 8 at Woodend. His listings in the Valuation Rolls are frequently mixed up and untangling them has proved a challenge. People did move between the properties, which adds to the difficulties. Some directory entries remain unanswered. | Just's Land [4], West Road | Location |
| Robert Just owned 5 properties at The Terrace and 8 at Woodend. His listings in the Valuation Rolls are frequently mixed up and untangling them has proved a challenge. People did move between the properties, which adds to the difficulties. Some directory entries remain unanswered. | Just's Land [5], West Road | Location |
| A simple set of properties which has been complicated by internal divisions and multiple letting. Originally 3 properties: the shop (9) on south; cottage (11) - Smith then McNaughton - in middle; cottage (15) - Gibb - on north. (15) was sometimes let as 2 properties, but from 1896 on it has always been 2. (11) was split into 2 c.1897, initially as 2 houses, but then one of them was used as a store for the shop. All properties were bought by Mackay c.1912 since when it has been impossible to sort out the internal divisions of properties. (13) has been created out of varying parts of (11) and (15). The part used as a store for the shop has reverted to being part of either (11) or (13). | store for shop, Union Street | Location |
| Before 1867, valuation roll entry included with 24 Tay Street. | house on site of 26, Tay Street | Location |
| See the blog Seacraig. | Bowling Green, King Street | Location |
| There is a patch of uncultivated ground on the top of the hill (shown in the Aerial view). The lidar map shows the surface of the ground with the vegetation removed (on the larger map, change the transparency of the overlay to reveal the lidar image.) Two circular features are shown on the lidar image. This is almost certainly the site of the windmill and electric station. | Electric Station | Location |
| Entries in local taxation returns listed here are speculative for John Hay - I am not certain whether they are for this property or Newport House at the top of the High Street. | old St David's Inn, Boat Road | Location |
| Tay Cottage - a house of 8 rooms. Demolished to make way for the Royal Hotel. | house on site of Royal Hotel, Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | house on site of Royal Hotel, Tay Street | Location |
| House of 5 rooms. Extensive workshops. Separate buildings, workshops probably on Union Street with house further west facing river. Demolished and replaced by Royal Buildings. A grocer's shop was also there briefly. | house & workshop, Union Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | house & workshop, Union Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [2], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [2], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [3], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [3], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [4], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [4], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [5], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [5], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [6], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [6], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [7], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [7], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [8], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [8], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [9], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [9], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [10], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [10], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [11], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [11], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [12], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [12], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [13], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [13], Tay Street | Location |
| The Royal Hotel was built in 1877 with an entrance in the centre of the block on Tay Street and consisted of about 28 rooms. The Royal Hotel Bar entrance was on the corner of Tay Street & Robert Street. The hotel liquor licence was removed in 1882 after only a short existence and a public house licence was substituted. The hotel contents were sold off in 1882 and again in 1884 after which the hotel part of the property remained empty until 1890 when, with the exception of the Bar, it was converted into housing. Part of the property was used as the first Roman Catholic Mission Hall. Some of the rooms fronted on to Tay Street and some were over the first shops in Robert Street. The building appears to have been flexibly divided - rooms seem to have been allocated to different houses as needs changed. At times there were as many as 14 different tenancies, at others as few as 11. Because of this it is impossible to say who was living in which particular rooms at any given time. A 'best guess' is given on these pages. In 1936 the whole property was declared unfit for habitation. At this point it was found that some of the valuation roll entries were duplicates. The Town Council ordered alterations to give 2 x 3-apartment houses and 6 x 2-apartment houses, and these were in place by 30 September 1938. There is no way to link the pre-1938 division of rooms to the post-1938 arrangement, so these pages show the properties as two separate listings. The buildings were demolished in 1971-2. | Royal Hotel, part [14], Tay Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Royal Hotel, part [14], Tay Street | Location |
| 'Building work is going on at the site recently purchased from the Town Council by Mr David Young … 2 commodious shops with workshops and cellarage below … architect - Thomas Cappon; builder - David Mackie; joiner - James Latto; plumbers - Betsworth & Barlow; plasterer - [William] Lawson.' [Source: Courier, Dundee, 2 July 1904, © the British Newspaper Archive, The British Library Board & D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd.] | downstairs property, 9, High Street | Location |
| Part of the group of buildings including house and workshops on this site prior to the Royal Buildings. | Grocer's Shop, Robert Street | Location |
| On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings. 1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street, a house further up Robert Street, in front of Turnbulls' workshop on Union Street. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877. 2. Built in 1877, the Royal Hotel on Tay Street, and a row of shops with houses above running up Robert Street and round into Union Street (the last bit built 1878). The whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2. 3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings. | Grocer's Shop, Robert Street | Location |
| Baker's premises on the site from about 1846. Shop at no. 1 Gowrie St is listed instead from 1878. 1867-1871: 1-13 Queen St and 25-27 Gowrie St built. 1879-1880: 2 King St, 3-11 and 17-19 Gowrie St added. 1881: 13, 15, 21, 23 Gowrie St added. The development of the whole block is told in the blog James' Square. | 1 Gowrie Street | Location |
| James' Square entries are correct back as far as 1885, except that 1, 3, & 5 Queen Street may be wrongly allocated; 5 & 7 Gowrie Street may be wrongly allocated; and 9 & 11 Queen Street may be wrongly allocated. Before that, in 1881 there is much confusion as to which property is which. But from 1878 back, allocations are probably correct. | 1 Gowrie Street | Location |
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