Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren Yes Place The town or city Greenock HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities There will be James Watt themed activities for all children in the studio. This is a free activity and will encourage children to take part in arts and crafts while learning about the inspirational inventor. OpeningTime1 11 am to 3 pm OpeningDate1 31/8/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12605 Refreshments No Street The street address 5-7 Clarence Street Postcode PA15 1LP Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greenock - The Tobacco Warehouse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived inverclyde Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2794 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95291,-4.76239; Description An account of the resource The Tobacco Warehouse was built in the late 19th century. This historic five-storey building, which is located on the corner of Clarence, Hood and Haig Streets, dates back to 1896. It is a large 5-storey building built of red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings. The B-Listed bonded store, although known as a tobacco warehouse, was also used for the storage of whisky and was built by Greenock whisky distillers and blenders R Thorne & Sons Ltd. The building was also used as accommodation for American soldiers during World War Two. There is World War Two GI graffiti, the soldiers have written their names on the window frames.The ground floor is a converted workshop and office space for RIG Arts.