Former Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society factory ('The Scotch Stores'), SOUTH END 'FACTORY EXTENSIONS', Sligo Road, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, BT74 7JY

The southern end of a long, predominantly two-storey late Victorian rubble-built former factory with an integral manager's house, featuring large Jacobean gables and an overall Highland lodge character. The complex originally belonged to the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society and was used for processing livestock. It is believed to have been built in 1893 to designs by Thomas Elliot, though its considerable length, varying roof heights, and differing levels of detailing suggest that portions may have been added a few years later. Since the late 1970s it has been occupied mainly by shop and workshop units of various sizes, with many window openings enlarged throughout. Large modern extensions, possibly dating from the 1960s or early 1970s, have been added to the south end.

The building runs roughly north to south, curving in line with Sligo Road and Old Henry Street on the south-west edge of Enniskillen. In plan form it is irregular. The northern end contains the manager's house, Thistle Bank House. South of this the house merges with a much larger block, originally containing offices but now filled with shops, with a large portion to the east used as a meeting place for a local church. This merges with a large, plainer, lower-proportioned block which probably once housed the factory proper but is now occupied by shops, a snooker hall and other uses. South of this is a long narrow block, possibly originally warehouses, slightly taller and more ornate than that immediately to the north. This section contains shops along with a bingo hall and restaurant. At the very south end, the complex appears to have been extended in relatively recent years, with the addition of plain flat-roofed sections also filled with shops.

Much of the complex is constructed in squared rock-faced limestone with smooth dressings and quoins. To the west of the building the ground level rises so that much of the block is single-storey on this side. To the west also there is a long narrow enclosed yard with a long gabled outbuilding which, like its larger neighbour, is two-storey to the east but single-storey to the west. To the south gable of this outbuilding is a tall square battered brick chimney, indicating the building once contained a boiler or boiling house.

The south end extensions were added in relatively recent times, approximately 1960s to 1970s, and have a distinctly modern appearance. The original portion is a long, single to one-and-a-half storey warehouse building to the west, while to the east (Sligo Road) side two large flat-roofed extensions have been added. The larger extension to the north is two-storey, with much of its east façade in similar rock-faced stone as the original building. The smaller extension to the south appears wholly modern with a rendered façade and large windows. The original eastern portion has a stone façade and a slated gabled roof, merging to the west side into a single-storey lean-to. A large modern shop front opens onto the small exposed section of the east façade. The south façade has three windows, two arranged as a pair, with cream brick dressings and modern frames, and a round window with similar dressings and fixed light frame at the gable apex. The west elevation comprises a lean-to section merging with a slightly taller gabled section. The gabled section has five tall windows with modern fixed light frames and a raised recessed doorway with timber sheeted door. The lean-to section has three doorways (one glazed, two timber sheeted), two small windows with modern frames, and a large shop window with fixed light frame. Most openings to this elevation have cream brick dressings. The exposed north gable of the gabled section is blank and rendered.

Throughout much of the building there has been considerable alteration in recent years in terms of window and door openings and the application of modern signage, particularly to the east façade where it fronts onto busy Sligo Road.

The complex is believed to have been built in 1893 by the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society as a creamery and livestock processing facility with associated offices and a manager's house. It was designed by Thomas Elliot. The complex survived as an animal processing facility until the mid to late 1970s, after which much of it was converted to shop units. The extensions may have been added to the south end at this point or perhaps in the 1960s. The former manager's dwelling, Thistle Bank House, now serves as a private residence.