The future of a historic building that once housed a pub has been secured after plans for its redevelopment were approved.
Businessman Jimmy Marr has been granted planning permission to convert the dilapidated Mains of Claverhouse into housing.
He has owned the listed building for around 20 years and it was previously a successful venture.
However, Mr Marr said: “When they began to knock down housing at Trottick and Mill O’ Mains, business grew quieter.”
He said the building was set on fire in 2011 and the interior destroyed. The building was later further vandalised and fell into general disrepair.
“I did think about trying to re-open as a pub, but, at the moment, there is no need for another pub in Dundee,” he said.
Mr Marr plans to convert the original pub building into two flats.
The old function suite will be demolished and two detached houses built on the ground.
“Now the permission is through, I will apply for the building warrants with a view to beginning work in the New year,” said Mr Marr.
Originally built as a home for the manager of the old Claverhouse Bleach Works, the Victorian-era property has changed hands numerous times over the decades.
As the Mains of Claverhouse pub, the building was the focus of national attention after an armed robbery by a paramilitary group in 2003.
Since shutting its doors for good as a pub, the building has been the target of multiple acts of vandalism and fireraising.
Architect Peter Inglis said the redevelopment proposal was vital to the Grade C listed building’s survival.
“Both the brick extension and stone listed building have fallen into disrepair, with the windows and doors being either smashed or covered with timber boards,” he said.
“As a result, the building has been listed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland and is in immediate need of care and attention. There are no features left inside.”
In 2013, planning permission was granted on the site for an extension to form a licensed restaurant, however, due to the decline in the economy and the reluctance of lenders, the viability of the development could not be proved and it was never started.