The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 6  Boat Brae

= Property still standing

Notes:      usually combined with 4 Boat Brae, only a separate shop 1878-c1883, 1897-1911, 1969 onwards

Commentary

Rapid progress is being made with the restoration and improvement of the buildings on the west side of the pier, which are being converted from a low shed to a handsome range of shops. Dundee Evening Telegraph, 14 Sep 1878, p3
Improvements at Newport Pier ... conversion of old boatshed and other low buildings into a range of 7 handsome shops. ... thought it would be necessary to take off the roofs and add to the height of the walls - on examination it was found the requisite height might be attained without that expense. The work has been done ... a range of architectural buildings which will compare favourably with any in the locality.... [extensive details of the buildings] ... understood a pavement is to be laid down in front of them ... all shops except one have already been let ... Dundee Advertiser 29 Apr 1879, p11

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.437621,-2.944548

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):   1 Boat Brae   2 Boat Brae   4 Boat Brae   5 Boat Brae   8 Boat Brae   10 Boat Brae   12 Boat Brae   14 Boat Brae   (16 Boat Brae)   part of 1, Boat Brae   part of 5, Boat Brae   3 Boat Brae   (house and shop on site of 1, Boat Brae)   (Boatshed, Boat Brae)   (Waiting Room & Bothy, Boat Brae)   (shop, Boat Brae)   (later Boatshed, Boat Brae)   formerly Ferry Terminal, 1-3, Boat Road   4 Boat Road   (former public lavatories, 5, Boat Road)   6 Boat Road   former Post Office, 8, Boat Road   (former shop at pier, Boat Road)   house above former post office, Boat Road   shop, part of 6, Boat Road  

Earlier use of the site :   (shop)     

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