Tay Spinners Ltd, Taybank Works, Arbroath Road, Dundee

Kenneth F Masson, chief architect SCWS, plans 1947,

completed 1949 2-storey red brick and faience clad modern

jute spinning mill.

ELEVATION TO ARBROATH ROAD: long 2-storey elevation with

recessed panelled faience-clad section set in brick

surround and parapet. Ground floor windows in margins in

6 groups of 3, 2 intermediate loading doors. Continuous

large 1st floor windows divided by 7 dark tiled mullions.

3 port holes vertically arranged over door. Tall brick

parapet with faience coping set-back and stepped-up canted

angle. A 2-storey bipartite to each elevation within

faience recess. Monumental corner entrance. Deep lintel on

squat fluted columns over original double doors.

Deeply recessed window above with boldly modelled reveals.

Elevation to Morgan Street similar to that to Arbroath Road

but longer and with only 6 ground floor windows due to

slope. 11 large 1st floor windows with thicker mullions.

2 square windows at right.

Original metal-framed hopper windows.

INTERIOR: curved foyer, terrazzo floors. Reinforced

concrete framed loading area at basement by Arbroath Road.

The mill proper is single-storey, steel-framed and

north-lit.