Pagoda Roof Distillery

Originally named dallasmore the dallas dhu distillery was built in 1898 by alexander edward of the sanquhar estate outside forres.

Pagoda roof distillery.

You might not expect to see a pagoda rising out of the misty fogs of the scottish highlands but if you ve ever visited scotland you ve probably seen it. In 1899 it was renamed to dallas dhu. In most cases where most distilleries buy in their malt they have mostly lost their function other than a piece of visual identity. It featured a pagoda roof designed by scottish architect charles c.

The tall pointed gracefully curving structure that sits atop the malthouse making it easy to spot a distillery a mile away well if it s foggy a lot less than a mile. It was founded in the latter half of the 1800s and since the early 1900s it has been closely associated with haig s blended whisky so it is rarely seen as a single malt. The pagoda roof was designed by renowned distillery architect charles chree doig who was born in angus in 1855. The pagoda roof was introduced around the 1890s as it offered an improved air draught.

Twas dailuanine distillery who commissioned his company and doig to carry out alterations around their maltings. The designs show the distillery in the dartmoor national park with a pagoda style roof. A distillery is set to be built in princetown devon which would be the largest in the uk outside scotland.