Basic Site Details Name: | Scottish Linoleum Works, North and South Factories | Town, district or village: | Kirkcaldy | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Factory | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Victoria Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1882 | | | Additions to cement house | | 1883 | | | South Factory | | 1884 | | | Alterations on building no 12 | | 1885 | | | Proposed extension | | 1889 | | | Additions to cork mill, contract 60 | | 1890 | | | Oil boiling house | | 1891 | | | Rubbing machine house, new cork store with brick arching | | 1893 | | | Extension of engine house, new acccumulator house, additions to new inlaid factory and cooling room | | 1895 | | | Addtiions to cooling room | | 1896 | | | Alterations on boiler house | | 1897 | | | Gangway between cork stores | | 1898 | | | Corrugated iron screen on boiler house; new gateway; | | 1900 | | | Additions to west oil boiling house, straw shed near gatelodge; proposed inlaid stores (or stoves) and printing loft (cancelled plans) | | 1902 | | | Block cutting house | | 1904 | | | Proposed new tank houses; new gatelodge and north factory | | 1905 | | | Additions to mixing house; paper tracing of contract 100; propsed new buildings for mechanical staff |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | James Ross Gillespie | | A | 1883 | 1905 | Original south factory and numerous additions | | James Scott | | A | 1885 | 1905 | Numerous additions - see events for details - intially as assistant and from 1895 as partner | | Gillespie & Scott | | A | 1895 | 1905 | Numerous additions - see events for details |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p299 | | Muir, Augustus | 1956 | Nairns of Kirkcaldy | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 36400 | South Factory | | St Andrews University Library | James Gillespie and Scott Archive | | Bundles nos 716-746 |
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