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Rose Street Foundry

Coordinates: 57°28′51″N 4°13′36″W / 57.480710°N 4.226797°W / 57.480710; -4.226797
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96 - 104 Academy Street, formerly offices of the Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Company
Centre of Inverness in 1902 showing Rose Street

57°28′51″N 4°13′36″W / 57.480710°N 4.226797°W / 57.480710; -4.226797 Rose Street Foundry was an industrial facility established in Rose Street, Inverness in the 1830s. It was the property of the Inverness Iron Company[1] until 1872 when the Northern Agricultural Implement and Foundry Company Limited was established to take over the Inverness Iron Company.[2]

In 1881 this company was responsible for building the Greig Street Bridge, Inverness.

In 1885 a new premises were found at 18–21 Rose Street.[2] The architect – and Provost of Inverness – Alexander Ross – who had obtained ironwork from the foundry for various of the buildings he had built[3] – was engaged as the architect.[3]

Aside from making agricultural implements, the company also worked on contracts for the Highland Railway.[3]

There were two fires at foundry, the more seriously one being in 1888, with a second one in 1897.[4]

Foundry Offices

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In 1903 the Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Company moved into their newly built Head Office, 96–104 Academy Street. In 2018 the Inverness Townscape Heritage Project (ITHP) announced a grant of £960,000 towards the costs of the full restoration of the building. The building was a Grade B listed property belonging to Cairngorm Taverns, who planned to turn it into a bar and restaurant. Jimmy Gray, chairman of Inverness City Heritage Trust, remarked that the building "is one of the most important buildings for local residents in Inverness. It is a popular heritage landmark for Inverness locals, many of whom have strong connections with it."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "OS1/17/33/113 | Scotlands Places". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b l. "Inverness City plans". www.highland.gov.uk. The Highland Council. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Looking towards Rose Street, in Inverness, Am Baile, EN20362". www.ambaile.org.uk. High Life Highland. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Fire at foundry, Am Baile, EN11493". www.ambaile.org.uk. High Life Highland. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. ^ Munro, Alistair (2018). "Inverness landmark receives £1m funding boost". Press and Journal. No. April 27, 2018. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. Press and Journal.