North Uist, Lochmaddy, Taigh Chearsabhagh
Inn (18th Century)
Site Name North Uist, Lochmaddy, Taigh Chearsabhagh
Classification Inn (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inn; Former Inn
Canmore ID 171567
Site Number NF96NW 41
NGR NF 91916 68257
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171567
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Taigh Chearsabhagh, 1741
Former inn, which also served as a trading and rent-paying base. The tall house of two storeys over a raised basement, with detached stable/storehouse and pier, was built by the merchant Neil (Ruadh) Maclean on the site of an old salt house. Robert Reid's map of North Uist shows that in 1799 there was nothing on the site of the present village except for this building and the 'Innkeeper's park'. Utilised as a bothy after the hotel and new pier were built, it became a dwelling sometime after 1900 and an estate workshop in the 1950s. It was rescued from dereliction and extended as an art centre/museum by McKillop Assocs for Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust, 1994-5; further extension, 2000.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
