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Nairn, 18 High Street, Highland Hotel
Hotel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Nairn, 18 High Street, Highland Hotel
Classification Hotel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Leopold Street
Canmore ID 15122
Site Number NH85NE 35
NGR NH 88271 56417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15122
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
Publication Account (1999)
The Waverley Hotel, Royal Marine Hotel and Highland Hotel figure 22.b (previously the Station Hotel and now badly neglected despite its prominent site and matchless internal tiling) date from the later Victorian period when Nairn witnessed an influx of tourists wishing to witness the long white beaches and the medicinal waters of the 'Brighton of the North'.
Information from - ‘Historic Nairn: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1999).
