Kentallen Station
Railway Station (20th Century)
Site Name Kentallen Station
Classification Railway Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kentallen Railway Station; Holly Tree Hotel
Canmore ID 107540
Site Number NN05NW 11
NGR NN 0132 5835
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107540
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Holly Tree Hotel, 1902-3, Formans & McCall engineers, to designs by James Miller or Robert Wemyss The former Kentallen Station, designed in the same Glasgow Style as Ballachulish Station, but with an attached two-storey dwelling/office block with a part-brick exterior. A branch line linked it to a substantial stone pier, connecting up with the steamer service. Now converted as a hotel and restaurant, the signal box has been replaced with a restaurant, the platform concealed as an internal corridor.
[A holly tree was planted to mark every mile along the Ballachulish branch railway. With its steamer pier alongside, Kentallen was an important, albeit short-lived, interchange for travellers between Argyll and Lochaber.]
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
