34 Commercial Street, Dundee

Early 19th century, built on earlier foundations upon the castle rock, the site of the medieval Castle of Dundee. Tall former flour mill, later the Castle Hill Boot Factory, then a seed warehouse. Formerly 7-storey and attic, partly reduced to 5-storey in later 19th century. W elevation extended to adjoin outer wall of further warehouse (remainder of warehouse now demolished). Coursed pinkish rubble with ashlar dressings, grey slate roof. 20th century metal casement and top-hinged windows. Ashlar-coped skews.

E ELEVATION: 4-bay; hoist doors at left bay rise from ground to 1st floor, window to 3 upper floors, keystoned depressed-arch cart entrance (partly blocked) to right with rusticated quoins and voussoirs, window to 1st floor, hoist door to 2nd, window to 2 upper floors, brick extension to rear of 30 Commercial Street masks lower floors of 2 bays to right, window to each bay at 4th and 5th floors, bay to right steps up to 6th and 7th floors. Cills of 6th storey windows at eaves.

W ELEVATION: elevation of lower 4 floors now formed by 5-bay interior wall of demolished early 19th century warehouse; keystoned, stugged ashlar, round-headed arch arcade to ground floor, 5 windows to 1st and 2nd floors, all now blinded, rendered 3rd floor, 4th floor of original building set-back and rendered.

N GABLE: steps to door at 1st floor, 2 windows to 4 upper floors, single window to top floor.

S GABLE: lower floors masked by Iron Warehouse, blank above, harled to left.

INTERIOR: basement walls of main building to the E with various blocked windows, faced to the W with 3 keystoned, rusticated ashlar, round-headed arches and 1 smaller arch; 5 similar arches to the W formerly the outer E wall of adjoining warehouse. Upper floors have timber and cast-iron posts with timber beams and floors.