Showing posts with label doors open day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doors open day. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 September 2014

Greenock Tobacco Warehouse

Greenock has many wonderful historic buildings, many of which are well documented, but this little gem has avoided my attention until this year's "Doors Open Day".

The late Victorian listed building is on Clarence Street beside what was once the Albert Harbour.

Many thanks to local architect Dominic Quigley and Absent Voices art project for preparing this building for public exhibition.

Decades of discolouration add texture to the stairwell
I don't think the chair is part of the building but I like the highlights on it
The light coming through the upper windows fall on the feet of the iron pillars
A frame within a frame

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Dutch Gable House - Doors Open Day

As part of Inverclyde's doors open day, the Dutch Gable House in William Street was open for the public to visit.

The building is owned by Inverclyde Community Development Trust and has recently been renovated. The house was built in 1755 and is one of the oldest buildings in Greenock.

Entrance of Dutch Gable House

Ground floor room of Dutch Gable House

First floor room of Dutch Gable House


This house, behind the Dutch Gable House, is even older being built in 1751