Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 567138
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/567138
Amity House (originally known as Esplanade House), Quay Street, c.1830 A neat, Georgian villa with Doric portico, similar shallow bow-fronted tripartite windows as those to the Lewis and Commercial Hotels, and good internal plasterwork. Originally the factor's house, now the Stornoway Pier and Harbour Commission's HQ, old prints confirm that this was a principal landmark on the waterfront before Esplanade Quay and subsequent harbour-related developments substantially altered its setting.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
