Basic Site Details | Name: | Stenhousemuir Equitable Co-operative Society premises | | Town, district or village: | Stenhousemuir | | City or county: | Stirlingshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Falkirk Herald - Saturday 20 July 1889
STENHOUSEMUIR. New Premises for Co-operative Society.— Plans have been approved of for new premises about to be erected by the Stenhousemuir Equitable Co-operative Society, Limited. The site of the new buildings is the ground presently occupied old cottages the south side of the main road through Stenhousemuir, at the corner directly opposite the Post Office. The cottages will shortly be pulled down. In the new premises, the entrance the grocery department will be by handsome corner door. The other departments on the ground floor will drapery shop the north side, which side will also contain lavatory and committee rooms ; and on the east side boot and shoes, crockery, and butcher meat shops. At the back there is provided a large store-room with fire-proof roof. There is big cellar below the grocery shop, and a shoemaker's workroom in connection with the boot and shoe shop. The entrance to workrooms on the second floor of the building will be from the north side. The accommodation given is for dressmakers and milliners, and tailors’ workshop and cutting room. The remainder of the space upstairs, after allowing for lavatories, is taken up by four dwelling-houses, each of one room and kitchen. The whole building is to be plain but substantial, with the longest frontage to the main street. Almost the only ornamental stone work the tasteful finishing of the part above the corner door, where circular stone frame is left open, about the level of the roof, for the insertion of a large clock. The plans of the premises are by Mr G. Deas Page, architect, Falkirk, and the various contractors are : —Mason, J. & A. Reid ; joiner, Samuel Anderson ; plasterer, James Miller; plumber, John Steele, Stirling; slater, Mr Stupart, Stenhousemuir; glazier, Mr O’May, Falkirk. The cost of the building will be £2500.
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Shop | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | July 1889 | | Plans approved | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The 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 | | George Deas Page | | A | 1889 | | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Falkirk Herald | 20 July 1889 | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Information courtesy of John Reid | Information to website | | Sent March 2015 |
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