Location : 3 Royal Buildings
= Property still standing
Notes:
Other properties at the same location : 1 Royal Buildings 2 Royal Buildings 4 Royal Buildings 5 Royal Buildings 6 Royal Buildings
Commentary
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. They were demolished in 1876.
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 whole block was known as Royal Buildings. They were all demolished in 1971-2.
3. Built in 1973-4, the existing Royal Buildings.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.441959,-2.940324
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 Robert Street (formerly 2, Robert Street) 3 Robert Street (formerly 4, Robert Street) 5 Robert Street (formerly 6, Robert Street) 7 Robert Street (formerly 8, Robert Street) 9 Robert Street (formerly 10, Robert Street) 11 Robert Street (formerly 12, Robert Street) (formerly 14, Robert Street) (formerly 16, Robert Street) (formerly 18, Robert Street) (formerly 20, Robert Street) (Grocer's Shop, Robert Street) 1 Royal Buildings 2 Royal Buildings 4 Royal Buildings 5 Royal Buildings 6 Royal Buildings 7 Royal Buildings 8 Royal Buildings 9 Royal Buildings 10 Royal Buildings 11 Royal Buildings 12 Royal Buildings 13 Royal Buildings 14 Royal Buildings 15 Royal Buildings 16 Royal Buildings 17 Royal Buildings 18 Royal Buildings 20 Tay Street 22 Tay Street 24 Tay Street 26 Tay Street 28 Tay Street 30 Tay Street (formerly 32, Tay Street) (formerly 34, Tay Street) (formerly 36, Tay Street) (formerly 38, Tay Street) (formerly 40, Tay Street) (formerly 42, Tay Street) (formerly 44, Tay Street) (formerly 46, Tay Street) (formerly 48, Tay Street) (formerly Royal Bar, 50, Tay Street) 52 Tay Street 54 Tay Street 56 Tay Street (house on site of 26, Tay Street) drinking fountain, Tay Street (house on site of Royal Hotel, Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [2], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [3], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [4], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [5], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [6], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [7], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [8], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [9], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [10], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [11], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [12], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [13], Tay Street) (Royal Hotel, part [14], Tay Street) (old byre [5a], Tay Street) (old cottage [6], Tay Street) (old cottage [7], Tay Street) (old cottage [8], Tay Street) (old cottage [9], Tay Street) 19 Union Street 23 Union Street (house & workshop, Union Street) (former slater's yard, Union Street)
Earlier use of the site : (formerly 32 Tay St) (formerly 34 Tay St) (formerly 36 Tay St) (formerly 38 Tay St) (formerly 40 Tay St) (formerly 42 Tay St) (formerly 44 Tay St) (formerly 46 Tay St) (formerly 48 Tay St) (formerly Royal Bar, 50 Tay St)
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)
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Directory entries (before 1975)
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Census records
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Valuation Roll entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1974-75 | 151003 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | William Warner | 100 | View details |
Early Sasines:
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