Basic Site Details Name: | Jaffe Brothers Warehouse | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Dundee. - A new and handsome warehouse is about to be erected for Messrs Jaffe Brothers and Company on the site of the old sugar house in the Seagate. Mr. James Maclaren is the architect. Mr John Caird will execute the mason work, and Messrs. Kidd and Son are the other contractors. The Seagate front will be 90 feet long, and 47 feet in height. The principal entrance to the offices, which occupy the whole of the second floor of this range will be in the centre of this front, by an arched doorway, flanked by massive pilasters, and surmounted by a Venetian window and pediment, etc. Two wings are formed, slightly projecting at either end of the front, which are again divided into three compartments by massive pilasters, running up the whole height of the front, to support arches which embrace the upper windows, thus giving at once a massive and stately character to the building. The whole stands upon a rusticated basement, the windows having arched heads and projecting keystones, and is surmounted by a heavy cornice and parapet, with pedestals and finials at the corners.[Building News 10 October 1862 pp283-284]
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Warehouse | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Seagate | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1862 | 1863 | Build/construction | | | 1906 | | | Burnt down |
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 Maclaren | | | c. 1855 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Jaffe Brothers and Company | |
ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building Chronicle | c. 1855 | | | Check date | | Building News | 10 October 1862 | | | pp283-284 |
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