With a view to rescuing the washhouse and putting it to some use Portmoak Community Council has approached the District Council, which fell heir to these unusual buildings in the 1920s.
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A 60-foot long washhouse, a henhouse, and a sawmill during the commune's first 18 months, and a blacksmith and a cobbler practiced their respective crafts.
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In 1889, the police barracks at Petrie Terrace was described as a very bad barracks, damp in wet weather, without a washhouse or proper earth closets, and overcrowded.
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A detached washhouse has also been provided, but the existing cell building, stables, earth closets, etc ., from the old building have been reused . ""
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The first detailed description of the building dates from 1749 . The new rear wing contained washhouse in the ground floor and pantry and storage space for firewood on the first floor.
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In addition to land being cleared to create a bleach field, an ornamental garden with exotic trees was laid out for the benefit of villagers between the washhouse and the main street.
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This was the result of a number of design decisions, including designing a generous roof ( often the largest element ) continuous over the verandah and over a lower, rear washhouse.
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This was the result of a number of design decisions including : designing a generous roof ( often the largest element ) continuous over the verandah and over a lower, rear washhouse.
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In the same yard since at least the early seventeenth century there was a " washhouse " to clean patients'clothes and bedclothes and in 1669 a drying room for clothes was added.
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In the back of the house was a one-room, flatish-roof wooden washhouse, a basic pigeon house and a large fenced-in area for some five Shetland ponies.
