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

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 pub 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

  1. "OS1/17/33/113 | Scotlands Places". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 l. "Inverness City plans". www.highland.gov.uk. The Highland Council. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "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.
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