Location : 17 Royal Buildings
= Property still standing
Notes:
Other properties at the same location : 13 Royal Buildings 14 Royal Buildings 15 Royal Buildings 16 Royal Buildings 18 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: 56.441889,-2.939729
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): (formerly 2, 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) 13 Robert Street (formerly 14, Robert Street) 15 Robert Street (formerly 16, Robert Street) 17 Robert Street (formerly 18, Robert Street) (formerly 20, Robert Street) (formerly 22, Robert Street) (formerly 24, Robert Street) (formerly 26, Robert Street) (formerly 28, Robert Street) (formerly 30, Robert Street) (formerly 34, Robert Street) (formerly 32, Robert Street) (Grocer's Shop, Robert Street) 1 Royal Buildings 2 Royal Buildings 3 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 18 Royal Buildings 54 Tay Street 56 Tay Street (house on site of Royal Hotel, Tay Street) (formerly 25, Union Street) (formerly 27, Union Street) (formerly part of 27, Union Street) (formerly 29, Union Street) 8 Union Street 10 Union Street 12 Union Street 13 Union Street 14 Union Street 15 Union Street 16 Union Street 17 Union Street 18 Union Street 19 Union Street 20 Union Street 21 Union Street 23 Union Street (store & stable, formerly 24, Union Street) (formerly 26, Union Street) (formerly 28, Union Street) (formerly 30, Union Street) former stable and workshops, 31, Union Street (formerly 32, Union Street) (formerly 34, Union Street) (formerly 36, Union Street) (formerly 38, Union Street) (formerly 40, Union Street) (formerly 42, Union Street) (formerly 44, Union Street) (formerly 46, Union Street) (formerly 48, Union Street) (house & workshop, Union Street) (hut addition for telephone exchange, Union Street) (former slater's yard, Union Street)
Earlier use of the site : (formerly 24 Robert Street) (formerly 25 Union Street) (formerly 26 Robert Street) (formerly 27 Union Street) (formerly 28 Robert Street) (formerly 29 Union Street) (formerly 30 Robert Street) (formerly 32 Robert Street) (formerly 34 Robert Street) (formerly part of 27 Union Street)
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 | 151017 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Andrew Brown | 87 | View details |
Early Sasines:
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