Linlithgow, 17 High Street, St Michaels Hotel
Hotel (19th Century)
Site Name Linlithgow, 17 High Street, St Michaels Hotel
Classification Hotel (19th Century)
Canmore ID 214345
Site Number NT07NW 169
NGR NT 00428 77106
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214345
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
9-21 High Street, 1886
Undigested Scots revival block in proper hôtel manner enlivened by an intricate skyline of dormer windows, crowstepped gables and turrets with ball finials atop. Singularly detailed turret at western end - corbelled from a chamfered corner up into square and then up into round; decorative only, apparently no room within. In front, St Michael's Well, 1720, the best of the town's wells. The well-head is surmounted by a figure of the Archangel Michael with the town's arms. It is inscribed comfortingly: 1720. Saint Michael is kinde to straingers.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Publication Account (2000)
St Michael's Hotel, built in 1886, a somewhat flamboyant baronial style three-storeyed building, is still to be seen at the foot of St Michael's Wynd. Standing features to the rear are reminders that St Michael's Wynd was one of the early vennels in the town.
Information from ‘Historic Linlithgow: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).
Standing Building Recording (November 2012)
NT 0043 7710 A Level 2 building survey was carried out on 28 November 2012 on the fire damaged Category B hotel prior to redevelopment of the site. Three broad phases of development were recorded. The principal building was constructed around 1759 as a private town house, before conversion to a hotel and associated additions to the W and S (rear) took place in 1842, coinciding with the arrival of the railway. Further work was undertaken from the mid-19th century onwards, with internal renovations and additional extensions added to the rear. Only the external walls of the building remain extant so evidence of internal features was limited.
Report: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Ross Wilkie
Alistair Robertson, Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
