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Location : formerly 26,  Robert Street

= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      demolished 1971-2. On an upper floor accessed from a close.

Part of a block. Other parts: formerly 24 Robert Street     formerly 28 Robert Street     formerly 30 Robert Street     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1885. Other properties involved : formerly 24 Robert Street     formerly 28 Robert Street      One possible interpretation is given below.

Commentary

All ground floor properties (2, 4, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 32/34 Robert Street) were built as shops but they lost out to the High Street and many were soon used as houses. There were 2 groups of houses on the two upper floors - 6, 8, 10 & 12 were accessed by a close and 24, 26, 28 & 30 were accessed by another close. (All numbers refer to 1967 numbering.)

On this whole plot there have been 3 generations of buildings.
1. Built from the 1830s on, a house, Tay Cottage, on Tay Street; further up Robert Street Turnbull's 2 workshop buildings with a house above one of them. Tay Cottage was demolished in 1876, the workshop in late 1877.
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 last bit built 1878). 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:      56.441915,-2.939681

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)   (formerly 6, 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 28, Robert Street)   (formerly 30, Robert Street)   (formerly 34, Robert Street)   (formerly 32, Robert Street)   (house & workshop, Robert Street)   (Grocer's Shop, Robert Street)   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   56 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   14 Union Street   16 Union Street   17 Union Street   18 Union Street   19 Union Street   20 Union Street   21 Union Street   22 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)   (hut addition for telephone exchange, Union Street)   (former slater's yard, Union Street)  

Later use of the site :   13 Royal Buildings     14 Royal Buildings     15 Royal Buildings     16 Royal Buildings     17 Royal Buildings     18 Royal Buildings     

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1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      75

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t/on - thereon;   t/p - turnpike;   dw - dwelling;   ho - house;   pt - part;   pce - piece;   grnd - ground;   bldg - building;   Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees;   dec - deceased;   ... - words omitted;   pol - poles;   yd - square yards;   : - bounded;   rd - road;   ' - feet;   " - inches;

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