Stewart's Distillers Office Entrance, 40 Castle Street, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. Office entrance.

Stewart's Distillers Office Entrance, 40 Castle Street, Dundee

WRENN ID
tangled-postern-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 February 1965
Type
Office entrance
OS grid reference
NO 404 302
Coordinates
56.46047, -2.96782
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Stewart's Distillers Office Entrance, located at 40 Castle Street in Dundee, was designed by Frank Thomson in 1919. This tall, narrow, single-storey entrance features a single bay and is constructed from polished grey granite, with bronze doors and windows, and a concealed roof.

The front elevation showcases a tall, round-headed arch with a keystone at the center, which frames slightly recessed two-leaf glazed doors adorned with an ornate grille. Above the doors is a transom inscribed with the name 'STEWART', and a small-paned, border-glazed window featuring a garlanded stained glass design at the top, depicting a Glengarry and the date 1831. Flanking the entrance are pilasters on either side, each topped with bronze laurel wreath motifs at the capitals. The design is completed with a corniced frieze and a blocking course.

Inside, the entrance leads to a single barrel-vaulted space that includes scale and platt stairs leading to a landing. The floor is finished in black and white marble, and the timber-framed stair balustrade features wrought panels that depict the coats of arms of the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Admiralty, the War Office, the Belgian government, and the King of Spain. The interior is further enhanced by a richly moulded consoled frieze and cornice, a ribbed and panelled ceiling, and a brass geographical indicator set into the floor.

Local climate

Stewart's Distillers Office Entrance, 40 Castle Street, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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