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Skye, Isleornsay Harbour, Storehouses And Shop
Storehouse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Isleornsay Harbour, Storehouses And Shop
Classification Storehouse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Isleornsay, General Stores
Canmore ID 160142
Site Number NG71SW 3.02
NGR NG 7027 1248
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160142
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Pier, c.1805 - a drystone quay, with rare survival of hand crane and well. Various dockside buildings, restored and gentrified in the 1990s, have ball finials and architraved windows proclaiming their new status. These include
Fearann Eilean Iarmain, converted from the former Isle Ornsay General Stores of c.1812 - the 'biggest shop between Skye and Glasgow' - to a smart office, and Gallery, the former grainstore converted by Alastair Alldridge of Wittets Architects. Seaflushing lavatory, 19th century, a pyramidroofed gazebo, converted as a doocot, 1990s, but retaining its original function and fittings.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
