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 176 records.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| '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 |
| 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 1 Gowrie Street | Location |
| Located on the Motray Water with a long mill lade. On St Fort land. Subject to legal dispute with Cruivie Estate in the 1790s after the mill lade (which ran through Cruivie ground) was compromised in 1792 and the water supply to the mill was much reduced. The water was completely cut off in late 1796. The legal case dragged on for years. [Petition of Robert Stewart 1798, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, National Library of Scotland] | Hay's Mill (Old Places) | Location |
| On the west side of the old track up to Inverdovat, more or less where Twinkletree Cottage was. | White Mire (Old Places) | Location |
| Sometimes called Ford Cotton, sometimes Forefield. | Ford Cotton (Forefield) (Old Places) | Location |
| On both sides of the road, just north of the site of Forgan School, and the field across the road. | Ford Cotton (Forefield) (Old Places) | Location |
| Assumed Sunny Braes is the same place as Suneside on Newton estate. | Sunny Braes (Old Places) | Location |
| Position uncertain. A significant area of land, smaller than Woodhaven, and eventually included with Woodhaven. Part of, or another name for, Flasshill. Had fishings in the river - always referenced in the order Woodhaven, Harlowshiels, Broadhaugh - thus possibly east of Woodhaven. Not shown on any available maps. | Harlowshiels (Old Places) | Location |
| A wonderful mixture of spellings: Mount / Mont / .. minny / mini / mirri / minna / merry / murry / … gog / gogue | Mountmerrygog (Old Places) | Location |
| Part of land of Inverdovat. | Laverock Law (Old Places) | Location |
| Twelve acres of Laverock Law mentioned in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1451. | Laverock Law (Old Places) | Location |
| The entries in local taxation returns listed here are tentative, whether the entries are for this property or the inn at St Davids - I am still not certain, in particular, about John Hay. The speculation also applies to 'Andrew Rodger at the Braehead'. | Newport House, High 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 3 Gowrie Street | Location |
| The Waterside was the general name for the cottages strung along the coast from Newport (East Water) to Woodhaven (West Water). 'East' and 'West' stop being used as names in the early 1770s. 'Betwixt the Waters' and 'Midwaterside' are commonly used from the 1790s for the general areas of Broadhaugh and Woodend (along West Road). | the Waterside (East Water) (Old Places) | Location |
| The Waterside was the general name for the cottages strung along the coast from Newport (East Water) to Woodhaven (West Water). 'East' and 'West' stop being used as names in the early 1770s. 'Betwixt the Waters' and 'Midwaterside' are commonly used from the 1790s for the general areas of Broadhaugh and Woodend (along West Road). | the Waterside (West Water) (Old Places) | Location |
| The Waterside was the general name for the cottages strung along the coast from Newport (East Water) to Woodhaven (West Water). 'East' and 'West' stop being used as names in the early 1770s. 'Betwixt the Waters' and 'Midwaterside' are commonly used from the 1790s for the general areas of Broadhaugh and Woodend (along West Road). | the Waterside (Midwaterside) (Old Places) | 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 5 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 7 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 9 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 11 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 13 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 15 Gowrie Street | Location |
| See the blog Shipbuilding at Woodhaven. | Wright's yard, Woodhaven Pier | Location |
| HMS Vulcan and the 7th Submarine Flotilla were based at Dundee from November 1908 to July 1914. They had moorings off Newport. The positon of the moorings changed - the positions given here are for 1911 - in later years the submarines were moved further east and Vulcan was moved further north into deeper water. HMS Vulcan, HMS Hebe and HMS Alecto were the support vessels. Because the moorings were within Forgan parish, on census night 1911 the vessels in the river on that date were included in the Forgan statistics; the other vessels were in Dundee docks. Much more information about the flotilla is in the 2 other sites linked below. | HMS Vulcan | Location |
| To find the crews in the 1911 census on ScotlandsPeople, because there is no index of the ships' names, search in Shipping, Royal Navy : for HMS Vulcan - ref 902/S/13/, search for Allan Poland; for HMS Hebe - 902/S/12, search for Hugh Eastwood; for C21 - 902/S/11, search for Alfred Jackson; for C22 - 902/S/10, search for Arthur Dunn; for C24 - 902/S/9, search for John Lewis; for C25 - 902/S/8, search for Albert Marshall; for C26 - 902/S/7, search for Edward Burnett. | HMS Vulcan | Location |
| HMS Vulcan and the 7th Submarine Flotilla were based at Dundee from November 1908 to July 1914. They had moorings off Newport. The positon of the moorings changed - the positions given here are for 1911 - in later years the submarines were moved further east and Vulcan was moved further north into deeper water. HMS Vulcan, HMS Hebe and HMS Alecto were the support vessels. Because the moorings were within Forgan parish, on census night 1911 the vessels in the river on that date were included in the Forgan statistics; the other vessels were in Dundee docks. Much more information about the flotilla is in the 2 other sites linked below. | Submarines & HMS Hebe | Location |
| To find the crews in the 1911 census on ScotlandsPeople, because there is no index of the ships' names, search in Shipping, Royal Navy : for HMS Vulcan - ref 902/S/13/, search for Allan Poland; for HMS Hebe - 902/S/12, search for Hugh Eastwood; for C21 - 902/S/11, search for Alfred Jackson; for C22 - 902/S/10, search for Arthur Dunn; for C24 - 902/S/9, search for John Lewis; for C25 - 902/S/8, search for Albert Marshall; for C26 - 902/S/7, search for Edward Burnett. | Submarines & HMS Hebe | 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 17 Gowrie Street | Location |
| Henry P Robbie was the son of John Robbie who lived at the Castle. He went on to become manager of Valentine's of Dundee: photographers, printers & publishers. | Photo studio, West Road | Location |
| Martin Anderson was 'Cynicus'. | Photo studio, West Road | Location |
| In June 1921 there was an army presence of 24 men in Wormit, the Wormit Station Guard. This was probably because of the industrial unrest at the time. It is not known where the military quarters were, only that they were within the boundaries of burgh ward 3. Certainly this site in Crosshill Terrace was available at the time, although the previous buildings had been removed after the first world war. In the 1921 census, the army is listed almost at the end of the entries for Wormit, among entries for Hillpark Terrace. A location on higher ground overlooking the station would be a possibility. So at present, the location of the 1921 quarters is unknown. | Military Quarters, Crosshill Terrace | Location |
| See the blog Seacraig. | former quarry & stables, Union 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 19 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 21 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 23 Gowrie Street | Location |
| Replaced by a later toll house on the other side of the road. | old tollhouse, Cupar Road | 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 25 Gowrie Street | Location |
| Map shows a small circle - so it may be a well. The 'biggings of Caldwell' mentioned in Dundee Guildry Minutes 1713. | Caldwell, Granary Lane | 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 27 Gowrie 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.] | shop, 9, High 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.] | shop, 11, High 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, at the moment, it is impossible to be certain which property is which. There were 6 houses from 1855 to 1878; then more are added in 1881 and 1885; finally 9 & 11 Queen Street were added in 1889. The shop, 1 Gowrie Street, appears in 1878 in place of a 'bakehouse, granary, etc'. Up to that date there were also workshops and a woodyard for James Brown, builder. The 1854 OS map shows buildings on King Street, and narrower buildings on Gowrie Street but only half way up from King Street to Queen Street. Research continues. | 2 King Street | Location |
| In 1891 it was purchased with the intention of creating a convalescent home for the poor children of Dundee and neighbourhood. It was subsequently deemed unsuitable for that purpose and remained a private house. The convalescent home was eventually founded in Comerton House. See the blog Not In My Back Yard. | 11 King Street | Location |
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