Old Co-Operative Grain Store

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Old Co-Operative Grain Store
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The building (right) in 2017
Old Co-Operative Grain Store
LocationShorehead, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coordinates 57°41′07″N2°41′29″W / 57.6852564°N 2.691507°W / 57.6852564; -2.691507
Builtlate 18th century
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameShorehead, Old Co-Operative Grain Store
Designated22 February 1972
Reference no.LB40295

The Old Co-Operative Grain Store (also known as The Granary) [1] is a Category B listed building in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Dating to the late 18th century, it stands in Shorehead, on the western side of Portsoy harbour. [2] [3] The harbour itself is Category A listed, dating to 1692. [4]

The building has a forestair leading to a first-floor entrance in the southern gable. It also has a corrugated asbestos roof featuring ventilators on its ridge. Historic Scotland assessed the building in a group containing 10 Shorehead, the adjacent Corf Warehouse and the harbour. [2]

The grain store was one of six buildings in the harbour owned by Tom Burnett-Stuart. When he died, in January 2020, he left the buildings in the care of North East Scotland Preservation Trust (NESPT). The building's façade was remodelled in 2018. [1]

The building doubled as the home of Clement Freres Whisky warehouse in the television series Peaky Blinders . [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Andonova, Denny (26 December 2023). "'Tom's dying wish': Inside historic Portsoy harbour buildings amid multi-million-pound labour of love to revive them". Press and Journal. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "SHOREHEAD, OLD CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN STORE"Historic Scotland
  3. "Portsoy, Shorehead, Old Co-operative Grain Store | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. "SHOREHEAD, OLD HARBOUR – Historic Scotland
  5. "Peaky Blinders film crew transforms Portsoy harbour". Grampian Online. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2025.