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Lewis, Stornoway, Francis Street, Museum Nan Eilean
Museum (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) (1932)
Site Name Lewis, Stornoway, Francis Street, Museum Nan Eilean
Classification Museum (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) (1932)
Alternative Name(s) Stornoway Museum; Former Free Church Seminary And School Building; War Memorial
Canmore ID 238192
Site Number NB43SW 134
NGR NB 42641 32887
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238192
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Museum nan Eilean, 1896 Surviving part of former school built on Free Church feu (latterly the Nicolson Institute's Secondary School), known as the Francis Street Buildings; converted to a museum, 1995. Quoins, shaped gablets and large mullioned windows are defined by cement dressings; inside, a good tiled stairhall. Adjacent, the subsidiary Free Church (known as the Seminary), 1899-1900, is a rebuild of the original c.1840 school building, which had been converted to a church hall by 1858.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NB43SW 134 42641 32887
Museum [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2010.
Publication Account (1997)
Nos 25, 27 and 29 Francis Street form an attractive symmetrical group of relatively small, early to mid nineteenth-century houses. Each is two-storeyed, with centre doors and harled and slated roofs. Across the road, 36, 38 and 40 Francis Street are also typical of the mid nineteenth-century dwellings in Stornoway, in spite of the modern alterations.
Information from ‘Historic Stornoway: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1997).
