Port House is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.4781°, -2.5559°.

Historic houses · North East England

Port House

Port House in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Port House is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The Port House is a Scottish class A listed building in the centre of Jedburgh. The Jedburgh Co-operative Store Company had been founded in 1866 and it operated from the Port House in Exchange Street. In 1900 the Co-op's new building was built with novel architecture including a cast iron frame and large windows. In 2011 it was in a dangerous condition but it has since been refurbished.

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History

The current building was designed by Scottish architect James Alison for the Jedburgh Co-operative Store Company. It was a novel design with a metal frame, curtain walls and large windows. The local co-op had been in operation since 1866 and in 1877 it was operating at "The Port House" organised by 223 members. Allison had also designed Jedburgh Town Hall. The town needed a public building as the Corn Exchange which was close to Port House had burnt down in 1898. The building in the historic center of Jedburgh was completed in 1900 for the Jedburgh Co-operative Store Company. Planned with a three-storey warehouse with loading doors at the rear. It is thought that the building at the rear…

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