Tain, Tower Street, The Royal Hotel
Hotel (19th Century)
Site Name Tain, Tower Street, The Royal Hotel
Classification Hotel (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) High Street; St Duthus Street
Canmore ID 14687
Site Number NH78SE 16
NGR NH 77970 82129
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14687
- Council Highland
- Parish Tain
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Publication Account (2009)
In 1872, the Royal Hotel was refashioned in flamboyant French Gothic manner by Andrew Maitland and Sons, probably in response to this burgeoning tourist traffic. While it was the grandest hotel, catering for the upper range of travellers, there were also smaller ones, such as the Railway Hotel (c 1875) (fig 24), providing accommodation for visitors and commercial travellers.
Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Tain: Archaeology and Development’, (2009).
