Dumfries, Heathhall, Edinburgh Road, Car Factory

Dumfries, Edinburgh Road, Car Factory View of worker's housing.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the factory, taken from the NNE.
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Interior. Foundry building. View of rubber bale awaiting cutting as underlay.
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Interior. Foundry building from south looking at the northerly two bays. This area was part of the foundry nad latterly extended and post dates 1913.
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Interior. Boiler house
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Interior. Foundry building from SE. Current machinery for cutting foam floor covering underlay. The area would have been divided into foundry area, power plant, plating and polishing when opened in 1913.
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Interior. Main building, Ground floor. A Wing, former Car Stores/ Show room area (in 1913) from E
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. Wing E . Second phase c.1915 extension.The structural steel visible is part of the rubber footwear production line installed by Gates in the 1980s/90s.
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Interior. Main Building. Second floor, Wing D. View from SE of 1915 extension. This area was added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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Interior. Main Building. Third floor, range between Wing C and D. View from S, 1915 extension. This office probably dates from about 1915. Wings D and E and their third floors were added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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Interior. Main Building. First floor, Wing E., 1915 extension, lift shaft. This redundant electric goods lift has had its lift removed. Wings D and E and their third floors were added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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Interior. Banbury Building, First Floor, rubber mixing area. View from SW of Mix MAchine 3. This building was built in 1947 to hold the now redundant Banbury Mixer which is located on the ground floor of this building. This floor and the floor above is where ingredients were added to the rubber mix (making wellington boots and dry suits etc.) via hoppers.
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Interior. Banbury Building, Second Floor, mixing and stores area. View from SE of dry ingedient mixer and hopper. This building was built in 1947 to hold the now redundant Banbury Mixer which is located on the ground floor of this building. This floor is where ingredients were added to the rubber mix (making wellington boots and wet suits etc.) via hoppers
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Interior. Main Building, First Floor, Wing A. Tis has always been the office space of the works. This has been re-fitted in the past 15-20 years.
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Interior. Main Building, Ground Floor, Wing A. Reception area. Refitted recently. This area has been a reception and waiting area but the current entrance double doors date from the 1920/30s. The original entrance for visitors would have been through double doors( (now gone) from the main gate area.
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General view from NW at turntable showing foundry building on left, gable of Wing B to right
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing C (1912/13). General view from S
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General view from S of rooftops of post-1913 foundry building.from Walkway between Wings C and D
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General view from SE over foundry rooftops towards Banbury Building
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing C. View from S
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing C. View from SE
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing C. View from S
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Uniroyal Factory, Dumfries Parish, Dumfries and Galloway
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View from NW of main entrance to works, showing gates and security building, an addition (possibly dating from 1970s) due to be demolished in 1995. The old crests relate to the Gates Rubber Company's Royal Warrant.
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View from NNW along main frontage (NW side) of works, looking onto Edinburgh Road.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the factory, taken from the WNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the factory, taken from the W.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the factory, taken from the SSW.
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Conveyor and foundry building, view from SE. The foundry building sawtooth roof profile dates from the second phase of site expansion of Arrol Johnston.
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Interior. Foundry building from SSE showing machinery for cutting rubber bales into underlay.
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Banbury Block, view from SE. It was called Banbury after the patent rubber mixing machine that it was built to house by The North British Rubber Company.
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Interior. Boiler house
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Interior. North East Shop. Post- 1913, pre-1938 from north west.
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Interior. Former boiler room area, from S. Post 1913. Cast iron columns and concrete roof.
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Interior. Main building, Ground Floor, view of connecting range between B and C Wings from SSW, looking towards former Chassis Enamelling shop with former Car Finishing area beyond. The original end wall of the 1912/13 building is second from the right with the red tape.
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. Wing D. Second phase extension.The structural steel visible is part of the rubber footwear production line installed by Gates in the 1990s.
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. Wing D. Second phase extension.The structural steel visible is part of the rubber footwear production line installed by Gates in the 1990s. the windows have been replaced.
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Interior. Foundry building. View of foam rubber underfloor being cut . A bale of rubber is rolled from one wheel to another and blades cut of a set thickness of underfloor coveringduring transfer from reel to reel.
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Interior. Banbury Building, First Floor, rubber mixing area. This building was built in 1947 to hold the now redundant Banbury Mixer which is located on the ground floor of this building. This floor and the floor above is where ingredients were added to the mix via hoppers.
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Interior. Banbury Building, Second Floor, mixing and stores area. View from SE of dry ingedient bins. This building was built in 1947 to hold the now redundant Banbury Mixer which is located on the ground floor of this building. This floor is where ingredients were added to the rubber mix (making wellington boots and wet suits etc.) via hoppers
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Corrugated sheds at SE end of site, view from SE
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General view from SW at turntable area looking towards the connecting bay between Wings A (right) and B (left). The form of construction is clearly shown in this image. Windows have been replaced on the first floor. The walkway framing the view allowed access between the wings at first and second floor level.
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing A. Detail showing where roof glazing has bee removed.
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing A. Detail of drainage pipe.
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Interior. Main Building, connecting bay between Wings A and B. Detail of column showing reinforced concrete construction.
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, long range connecting Wing C and B. Detail of fire door between connecting bay with Wing B
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Detail from S of roof vents on post-1913 foundry building.
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Detail from S of roof vents on post-1913 foundry building with conveyor beyond.
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Uniroyal Factory, Dumfries Parish, Dumfries and Galloway
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View from SE. This is extreme east end of the building at 'Wing E'. The original windows survive at first floor level.
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Foundry building, view from SE
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Interior. Foundry building. view from north. The original 1913 back wall of the original two bays is in the middle background.
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Boiler house, view from E
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Interior. Foundry building from SE. Current machinery for cutting foam floor covering underlay. The area would have been divided into foundry area, power plant, plating and polishing when opened in 1913.
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. Wing D. Second phase extension.The structural steel visible is part of the rubber footwear production line installed by Gates in the 1990s. The windows have been replaced.
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Interior. Main Building. Second floor, Wing D. View from S of 1915 extension. Wings D and E were added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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Interior. Main Building. Third floor, view from SE corridor window between Wings D and E, 1915 extension. Wings D and E and their third floors were added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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Interior. Foundry building. View of foam rubber underfloor being cut . A bale of rubber is rolled from one wheel to another and blades cut of a set thickness of underfloor coveringduring transfer from reel to reel.
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General view of exterior from SW.
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General view from NW. The Banbury Building
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Detail of reinforced concrete constuction of pilar of overhead walkway connecting Wings A and B.
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Interior. Detail of column showing reinforced concrete construction.
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing C. Detail of makers plate inscribed "Manufactured by Watson Bros, fire engineers, Glasgow. Erected Nov 1921"
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Interior. Main Building, Second Floor, Wing B on left, C glimpsed extreme right. View from SW. This area dates from 1912/13 and would have originally held tools and stores as Wing B was the General Machinery Shop and Wing C was the Machinery Shop. This area would also have been an inspection area. The wall would have originally been fenestrated.
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Arrol-Aster Car Factory, Heathhall, Dumfries. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
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Arrol-Aster Car Factory, Heathhall, Dumfries. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
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Arrol-Aster Car Factory, Heathhall, Dumfries. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
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Arrol-Aster Car Factory, Heathhall, Dumfries. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
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Arrol-Aster Car Factory, Heathhall, Dumfries. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
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Uniroyal Factory, Dumfries Parish, Dumfries and Galloway
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View from W along SW side of works.
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View from SW along mainfrontage (NW side) of works, looking onto Edinburgh Road.
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View from WNW of N end of factory plant, containing the 'Banbury' Plant.
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Dumfries, Edinburgh Road, Car Factory View of entrance and SE side of factory, from S.
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Modern corrugated sheds at SE end of site, view from NE
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Interior. Foundry building from NNE showing the original west section. This area now houses machinery for cutting rubber bales into underlay.
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Interior. Foundry (building 2) from SE. Current machinery for cutting foam floor covering underlay. The area would have been divided into foundry area, power plant, plating and polishing when opened in 1913.
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Interior. North East Shop. Post- 1913, pre-1938.
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Interior. Main building, Ground Floor, B Wing, Running Shed (in 1913) from SE showing original NW wall of B wing: the area beyond that accessed through the original doorway visible on the extreme right is shown as 'WASH' on the original drawings suggesting an area where completed cars were cleaned. An earlier wall has been removed on the extreme left of the image and a breeze-block wall constructed as a replacement when the original wash areas were replaced with a recent construction.
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. B Wing from SW. The precast holes in the beams can be clearly seen. This would allow brackets/electrical wiring etc. to be suspended from the beams and heelps make the space as versatile as possible.
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Interior. Main building, First Floor. Wing D. Second phase extension.The structural steel visible is part of the rubber footwear production line installed by Gates in the 1990s. This carried carriages on which the rubber footwear were stacked prior to curing in the ovens situated in Wing E.
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Main building, courtyard between blocks C and D, second phase, elevated view from N. The structure of the building (despite replaced windows) can be seen clearly: concrete frame with pre-cast holes for brackets etc., brick infill and maximum glazing. The lift shaft is visible on the right. This would have been big enough to take raw materials between floors. Larger lift shafts were built onto the the south facade and these would have carried cars from floor to floor during manufacture.
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Main building, courtyard between Wings C and D, elevated view from NE. The 1912/13 building on right. Second phase connecting range and Wing D on left. The structure of the building (despite replaced windows) can be seen clearly: concrete frame with pre-cast holes for brackets etc., brick infill and maximum glazing. One of the four Goods Lift shafts is visible on the left. This would have been big enough to take raw materials and workers between floors. Larger lift shafts were built onto the the south facade and these would have carried cars from floor to floor during manufacture. The partial third floor still has its original fenestration.
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Interior. Main Building. Third floor between Wings C and D. Detail of original fenestration.
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Interior. Main Building. Third floor, range between Wings C and D. View of fireproof door to connecting corridor to third floor area between Wings D and E, 1915 extension. Wings D and E and their third floors were added when Heathhall undertook aero engine construction during the First World War.
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