Tay Rope Works, 51 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee is a Grade C listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 May 1987. Facade. 7 related planning applications.

Tay Rope Works, 51 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee

WRENN ID
dark-grate-stoat
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 May 1987
Type
Facade
Address
Tay Rope Works, 51 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee, DD1 4LQ
OS grid reference
NO 391 294
Coordinates
56.45311, -2.9885
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Tay Rope Works, located at 51 Magdalen Yard Road in Dundee, features a ground floor that may date back to 1837 or the mid-19th century, constructed of ashlar stone. The first floor, built around 1910, is made of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. The building has a two-storey, one-bay entrance designed in a Graeco-Egyptian style, prominently inscribed with "Tay Rope Work" between battered pilasters. The side pilasters display inscribed Grecian details and wreaths, topped with a cornice. The first floor also includes a later addition of a Venetian multi-paned casement window.

Local climate

Tay Rope Works, 51 Magdalen Yard Road, 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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