Gairlochy, Caledonian Canal, Ardlussa
Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Gairlochy, Caledonian Canal, Ardlussa
Classification Cottage (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Canal House; Lock Keeper's House
Canmore ID 108778
Site Number NN18SE 18
NGR NN 17724 84201
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108778
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Canal House, designed as two dwellings for lock keepers like those at Banavie, with elegant three-windowed central bow and prominent battery of chimney flues.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NN18SE 18 17724 84201
This two-storey house on the E side of the canal has a first floor room which has been named after Telford, as he frequently stayed here. The bow front of the house would have afforded him good views of the canal.
G Hutton 1992.
The location of this house is visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet cxxvi), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1903, sheet cxxvi), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 13 September 2001.
