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Barra, North Bay House
House (19th Century), School (19th Century)
Site Name Barra, North Bay House
Classification House (19th Century), School (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Northbay House; Former School And House
Canmore ID 170835
Site Number NF70SW 101
NGR NF 70730 02060
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/170835
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Northbay House, Alexander Ross, 1879 Former junior secondary school and schoolhouse, nicely grouped at the head of Loch Obe. Converted to a spectacle factory in the 1970s, it was restored as a house in the 1980s.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NF70SW 101 70730 02060
Northbay House [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
ARCHITECT: Alexander Ross (I.C. July 24, 1879).
(Undated )information in NMRS.
