The Sea Captain's House And Calendar, 48-50 St Andrew's Lane, Dundee

The Sea Captain's House and Calendar, located at 48-50 St Andrew's Lane in Dundee, is an 18th century villa and a 19th century linen calendering building. The villa, built around 1760-1770, is a two-storey structure with an attic, originally detached and set in its own grounds. It features a symmetrical three-bay design, constructed from rubble and finished with lime wash. The entrance includes a central door, although the doorpiece is missing, and is accessed by steps. The windows are 12-pane sash and case style, and the building has a slate roof with restored skewputts.

Inside, the villa was remodeled between 1810 and 1830, showcasing a uniform treatment of fluted pilaster architraves around the doors, windows, and window recesses. The doors and dados are adorned with lugged and shouldered panelling, though some chimney pieces are missing, with one remaining that features similar fluted decoration. A semi-circular staircase with a simple wrought-iron bannister adds to the interior's character.

The calendering building, constructed in 1822, is a three-storey, ten-bay structure also made from rubble. The ground floor has been modified to accommodate a timber-roofed calender shed supported by cast-iron columns, with modern brick partitions. The upper floors maintain a seven-bay design, with three bays on the left that were once part of an L-plan addition that has since been removed. The roof is slate, and the windows follow the same 12-pane sash and case pattern.

Inside the calendering building, there is a lengthwise timber beam supported by two rows of timber posts. Two cast iron beams were later added to the ground floor to accommodate larger machines, and the columns that supported them have since been removed. The second floor features boarded walls and gas light fittings. A notable hydraulic lift, located in the northwest corner, operates with a vertical ram powered by water pressure, likely installed around 1870. Additionally, there are grooves for the flywheel of a true vertical steam engine in the shed to the north.