North Uist, Lochmaddy, Old Courthouse
Court House (19th Century), Jail (19th Century), Yard (19th Century)
Site Name North Uist, Lochmaddy, Old Courthouse
Classification Court House (19th Century), Jail (19th Century), Yard (19th Century)
Canmore ID 171555
Site Number NF96NW 31
NGR NF 91757 68861
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171555
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Sheriff Courthouse, Matthews & Lawrie, 1875; later wing, Ross & MacBeth, 1892 A solid corner building in a place not given to street corners, with gothicstyle windows and doorpieces. Old Courthouse, 1827, with ashlar wing by James Ross, 1845. A domestic-looking front block, with porches like sentry boxes flanking its rear wing; one leads to the courtroom, one to a row of four vaulted cells. An observation slit overlooks the enclosed eight-sided exercise yard. Continuing as a prison until 1891, it opened as the North Uist branch of the Scottish Home Industries Assoc (marketing Home Spun Tweeds) in 1900, and more recently was remodelled as a house.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
