Loch Striven, Striven Power Station
Power Station (20th Century)
Site Name Loch Striven, Striven Power Station
Classification Power Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cowal Hydro Electric Scheme; Striven Hydroelectric Scheme
Canmore ID 155782
Site Number NS08SE 21
NGR NS 05612 83960
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/155782
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inverchaolain
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NS08SE 21.00 0561 8396
NS08SE 21.01 NS 0554 8373 Hydro Cottages
NMRS REFERENCE
Loch Striven, Cowal Hydro Electric Scheme.
ARCHITECT: Reginald Fairlie 1950. Generating Station and Attendants Cottages.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Field Visit (2010)
Striven power Station is a small station operating as part of a one-off development on a relatively small scale. The station contains a single turbine which was fully refurbished in c. 2002. Striven power station is an example of a small one-off development, originally built to provide power to an immediate local area, taking advantage of local topography. The station is designed to fit into the landscape, set on the edge of a small village the steeply pitched roof and large regular glazing pattern echo the vernacular forms of surrounding architectural and give the building an ecclesiastical appearance when viewed from a distance. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
