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Detail of gable above distillery offices.
B 74137
Description Detail of gable above distillery offices.
Date 8/6/1992
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 74137
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 736058
Scope and Content Gable above distillery offices, Glenlochy Distillery, Fort William, Highland Glenlochy Distillery was built in the 1890s next to the River Nevis, and used water power in its early years. It was bought in 1953 by the Distillers Company Ltd, and distillery housing erected (which has now been converted to a guest house). The site lost its link to the rail network in the 1970s, and was closed in 1983. This shows the gable of the kiln extension above the single-storeyed distillery office. A row of three windows in the ornate brickwork are topped by a segmental-headed pediment above three cast terracotta tiles and a deep cast brickwork cornice. Glenlochy was built at the height of the whisky boom of the 1890s, when banks were keen to fund distilleries due to a huge public demand for the spirit, particularly in blended form. The lavish ornamental details on the façade reflect the confidence in the future of distilling at this time. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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