Demolition at Templeton's
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:56 pm
Found after I wrote this post: http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedo ... leid=87807
Been sold for £6.7 million for a £22 milliion development.
Walking along London Rd, a glance down Templeton St had me staggering to the nearest pub to recover with a good stiff malt, or two.
At first glance, it looked as if a chunk of Templeton's carpet factory had been demolished, and new building wark was already underway.
After the paramedics patched up the defibrillator burns, they let me wander down for a closer look. The demolition was confined to the modern part of the building, which had been a leisure centre in recent years. According to the signs around the site, the development is of a number of luxury flats (why are they always 'luxury' nowadays?). Doesn't look as if it will take long, the sections in place look like prefab or ready-pour concrete, assembled from the inside outwards.
Hope they look after the exposed end of the 1930s section.
They've added the memorial Templeton Gate along from the old station fascade in Binnie Place, in memory of the 29 women killed in adjacent weaving sheds, 1 Nov 1889, when the factory fascade collapsed due to insecure fixings. The story is carved in the light section of stone across the base of the gate.
And the licencing application for the public house and beer garden is in place too.
Been sold for £6.7 million for a £22 milliion development.
Walking along London Rd, a glance down Templeton St had me staggering to the nearest pub to recover with a good stiff malt, or two.
At first glance, it looked as if a chunk of Templeton's carpet factory had been demolished, and new building wark was already underway.
After the paramedics patched up the defibrillator burns, they let me wander down for a closer look. The demolition was confined to the modern part of the building, which had been a leisure centre in recent years. According to the signs around the site, the development is of a number of luxury flats (why are they always 'luxury' nowadays?). Doesn't look as if it will take long, the sections in place look like prefab or ready-pour concrete, assembled from the inside outwards.
Hope they look after the exposed end of the 1930s section.
They've added the memorial Templeton Gate along from the old station fascade in Binnie Place, in memory of the 29 women killed in adjacent weaving sheds, 1 Nov 1889, when the factory fascade collapsed due to insecure fixings. The story is carved in the light section of stone across the base of the gate.
And the licencing application for the public house and beer garden is in place too.