@ ‘the gap’ Closing a close / building inside / to link
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22 Chambers Street, 1880’s
22 Chambers Street, 2011
Unveiling histories through a closer look at Ordnance Survey maps, the built and unbuilt design proposals by Ian G. Lindsay and Partners for the ‘link building’ connecting Minto House to The Maltings, the adaptations after construction and the remaining architectural clues. The ‘link building’ completed by Ian G. Lindsay and Partners links the Maltings (1848) and present Minto House made up of Old Free Tron Kirk (1874) and old Minto House of Medicine (1878). What was once gated doorway leading to a route onto Scott’s Close and an access path into Argyle Brewery is now a building linking two others.