Basic Site Details Name: | Post Office | Town, district or village: | Broughty Ferry | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | C listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | BROUGHTY FERRY. - Tenders have now been invited for the building of the new Post Office, and the work of erection will very shortly be put in hand. A public office will be provided, and adjoining this will be situated the instrument-room and a telephone room. To the rear of the public office is to be placed the sorting office, and also battery-room. The principal elevations of the building, which is to be one storey high throughout, are to be faced with white rock from the Meadow Quarry, Fordell. The building is to be constructed on fireproof principles. Drawings have been prepared at his Majesty's Office of Works. Edinburgh, under the supervision of Mr. W T Oldrieve, FRIBA FSI, H M Principal Architect for Scotland, who will control the erection of the building. The clerk of works is to be Mr. Bland, who is now supervising the completion of the post-office at St. Andrews. The cost will be £2,500. [Building News 14 June 1907 p 819]
Building dated | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Post office | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 218, Queen Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1907 | | Tenders invited | |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p396 | | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 14 June 1907 | | | p819 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25871 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Thomas Galletly: L v17 no1276 |
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