Location : Rock House [1], Woodhaven Pier
= Property still standing
Notes:
Part of a divided property. Other parts: Rock House [2] Rock House [3] Rock House [4]
Introduction
Built in 1842 as a granary at Woodhaven Pier for St Fort estate; used by the 'Mars' as housing for staff, and later as a hospital for the boys. Used by Squadron 333, Ro. Norwegian Air Force , Feb. 1942 - 1945.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.431633,-2.960709
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Nearby properties (demolished in red): 2 St Fort Road 4 St Fort Road 6 St Fort Road 8 St Fort Road Rock House [2], Woodhaven Pier Rock House [3], Woodhaven Pier Rock House [4], Woodhaven Pier
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Rock House [1] | ||
| Mars houses [1] | 1869-1885 | |
| Mars Hospital [1] | 1889-1929 | |
| Granary, Woodhaven [1] | pre-1869 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 14 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1961 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1960 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Phillips, Mrs E. M., Rock house, Woodhaven, Wormit | ||
| 1898-99 Telephone dir | Mars Training Ship, Woodhaven hospital; tel. no. 31b | location 2 |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Hospital subordinate to Training Ship [Mars] | Graham | Catherine | 12 | ||||
| 1901 | Mars Hospital | Issued at hospital wards of Mars ship but they were not required, the Captain having enumerated the inmates thereof with the ship | View household | |||||
| 1901 | Mars Hospital | Issued at hospital wards of Mars ship but they were not required, the Captain having enumerated the inmates thereof with the ship | View household | |||||
| 1881 | 2 Mars Buildings | Turnpike Road | Uninhabited | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 55 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 368500 | House | John H Prince per Lickley Proctor & Burnett, 23 South Tay St, Dundee | proprietor for occupier | 64 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 368500 | House | John H Prince per Lickley Proctor & Burnett, 23 South Tay St, Dundee | proprietor for occupier | 64 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 368500 | House | Mrs Hilda F Stewart | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 64 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 368500 | House | Mrs Hilda F Stewart | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 64 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 3685 | House | Mrs Hilda F Stewart | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 3685 | House | John H Prince, 6 Dymoke Drive, Horncastle, Lincs. and Mrs Hilda F Millar, per former | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 1544 | House | John H Prince, 6 Dymoke Drive, Horncastle, Lincs & Mrs Hilda F Millar per former | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 1544 | House | John H Prince, 59 Cranbrook Ave, Cottingham, Hull & Mrs Hilda F Millar per former | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 1544 | House | John H Prince, 59 Cranbrook Ave, Cottingham Rd, Hull & Mrs Hilda F Millar per former | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 4210 | House | John H Prince, 59 Cranbrook Ave, Cottingham Rd, Hull & Mrs Hilda F Millar per former | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 41 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 1462 | House & Garden | John H Prince & Mrs Hilda Millar | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 1439 | House & Garden | John H Prince & Mrs Hilda Millar | Mrs Eveline M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 1405 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince | Eveline M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 1368 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince | Eveline M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 1346 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince per T R McDougall, 94 Commercial St, Dundee | Air Ministry per Treasury Valuer | 20 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 1344 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince per T R McDougall, 94 Commercial St, Dundee | Mrs Evelyn M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 1363 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince per T R McDougall, 94 Commercial St, Dundee | Mrs Evelyn M Phillips | 20 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 1298 | House & Garden | Mrs Frances M Prince per T R McDougall, 94 Commercial St, Dundee | John B Ross | 20 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 1275 | House & Garden | Peter Rock, 25 N Lindsay St, Dundee | Proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 1263 | House & Garden | Peter Rock, 25 N Lindsay St, Dundee | Proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 1250 | Hospital etc and House | Mrs Lesbia Mylius per Pagan & Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 1227 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, writer, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1922-23 | 1197 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1920-21 | 1175 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1917-18 | 1173 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1915-16 | 1166 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1912-13 | 1049 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 20 | View details | |||
| 1910-11 | 1037 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1909-10 | 1031 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1907-08 | 1026 | Hospital etc and House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management, 'Mars' Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1905-06 | 1002 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane F Stewart per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1903-04 | 988 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane F Stewart per David Osborne, Cupar | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1901-02 | 403 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane F Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1900-01 | 390 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane F Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1899-00 | 361 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane F Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1898-99 | 346 | Hospital, house, etc | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management, Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1897-98 | 314 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | [Entry is numbered 313 incorrectly] | ||
| 1896-97 | 291 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1895-96 | 264 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1894-95 | 81 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1893-94 | 77 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1892-93 | 82 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1891-92 | 82 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1890-91 | 78 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per Lindsay Howe & Co., WS, 32 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1889-90 | 74 | Hospital, etc & House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per Lindsay Howe & Co., WS, 32 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | |||
| 1885-86 | 63 | Houses | Reps. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per Lindsay Howe & Co., WS, 32 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | same | 30 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 26 | Houses | Reps. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | same | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 27 | Houses | Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | same | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 27 | Houses | Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | same | Committee of Management Mars Training Ship | 30 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 28 | Granary | St Fort | 10 | View details | ||||
| 1867-68 | 29 | Granary | Henry Stewart | said Henry Stewart | 10 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 29 | Granary | Henry Stewart of St Fort | said Henry Stewart | 10 | View details | |||
| 1864-65 | 26 | Granary | Henry Stewart of St Fort | 10 | View details | ||||
| 1860-61 | 19 | Granary | Henry Stewart of St Fort | - | 10 | View details | |||
| 1855-56 | 18 | Granary | Henry Stewart of St Fort | 12-10-0 | View details |
Railway Map References:
| Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP85254 (G & D J) | 1845 | 99 | Granary | Henry Stewart | James Ronald, Alexander Kermath | [Rock House] |
Other Sightings:
| Year | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | To Let: Granary at Woodhaven consisting of 4 lofts to be let from Whitsunday. | Dundee Advertiser, 15 Apr 1851, p4 British Newspaper Archive |
Early Sasines:
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