The Former Argyll Motors Factory

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 18 Apr 2012

This grand terracotta building on Alexandria’s North Main Street is a Category A listed building. It was originally built in 1905 as a factory for the Argyll Motor Company and was said to be one of the largest motor-car factories in Europe when new. Car manufacturing continued in the factory until 1914, when it was sold to the Royal Navy for use as a munitions factory and torpedoes were manufactured here during the Second World War, giving rise to its local nickname of “the Torpedo Factory”. In recent years, the building has been operated as a Factory Outlet Centre (The sign at the front reads “Loch Lomond Galleries Shopping Centre). The long wall nearest to the camera is just a façade; there is no building behind it. See Image] and Image] for closer detail. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_(car) Argyll cars (Wikipedia) http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=42488 – Scotland’s Places http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-127-alexandria-north-main-street-argyll-motor-w - British Listed Buildings

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