December 13 2022

Dundee city centre is set for expansion with the unveiling of a three-pronged development comprising a restaurant/hotel; church conversion and new build apartments.

Blackscroft Property with Wilson/Paul Architects are leading the £5m initiative, which centres on the B-listed former St Roques Library, given a new gold aluminium top hat housing nine ensuite rooms.

Works will retain existing stonework with replacement windows, as part of moves to turn the main building into a gastropub. This will be complemented by the conversion of St Roques Church to provide seven apartments.

Option appraisals for the third and final element of the scheme, a new build courtyard apartment block on Foundry Lane of 24 flats, including on-site parking and allotments.

3 Comments

#1 Posted by The Foundation on 15 Dec 2022 at 10:07 AM

The Reading Rooms was a Dundee and national institution. Closed due to noise complaints from a new hotel built to support the city's burgeoning V&A inspired cultural scene. The irony of the situation is that the Reading Rooms was more a 'living room in the city' than the V&A could ever be. It has essentially been usurped by an oversized, cavernous and poorly conceived gift shop. But hey, the tourist dollar is what our cities need, right?

#2 Posted by Tammy Scoosh on 16 Dec 2022 at 15:49 PM

Seeing the renouned Reading Rooms reduced to sitting there ridiculed with a silly hat on makes me very sad. More wet-the-bed projects in Dundee that fail to capitalise on real problems supported by the stumbling drunk council.

#3 Posted by The Foundation on 16 Dec 2022 at 18:38 PM

#2 you make a valid point - aside from questions on high level strategic thinking and DCC accountability, this proposal just looks really daft. The old place deserves much better.

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