Bond Warehouse, Eastern Road, Montrose

The Bond Warehouse, located on Eastern Road in Montrose, was built by Thomson Bros and Company of Douglas Foundry, Dundee, between 1866 and 1867. The building features a single storey and attic, with a 17-bay facade constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins. The central entrance is arched and displays the date 1795 above it. At the rear, a pend opens out, supported by twin cast-iron columns, leading to a bowed lodge. The rear elevation has two and three storeys.

The elevation facing Marine Avenue, built in 1867, is a long single storey flax-spinning mill that consists of 3-by-76 bays. From west to east, it includes eight corniced bays with an attic storey, followed by a 34-bay machine hackling and spinning mill. There is a dividing wall between departments at the 20th bay, topped with ball finials. A tall engine house features three ground floor and one first floor window, which originally housed a tandem compound horizontal engine; this was later heightened when the engine was replaced. The mill includes a 22-bay preparing and machine hackling section with a blind basement flax store and another dividing wall with ball finials at the 15th bay. The remaining 16 bays were completed after 1878, with the last nine constructed as warehouses featuring an attic storey. The building has a slate roof with valleys, and the originally multi-paned sash and case windows have been blocked, while larger panes are present in the engine house and end blocks.

Inside, there are two rows of cast-iron columns supporting timber roofs, with side aisles featuring coved lath and plaster. The eastern end has a low brick arched basement, and the floor is missing from the nine-bay easternmost block. The engine house boasts a fine timber-boarded ceiling.