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Dornie, William Street, Housing Association Development
Housing Estate (Modern)
Site Name Dornie, William Street, Housing Association Development
Classification Housing Estate (Modern)
Canmore ID 275664
Site Number NG82NE 64
NGR NG 88799 27022
NGR Description Centred NG 88799 27022
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275664
- Council Highland
- Parish Kintail
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Dornie's principal feature today is long, onesided Francis Street (c.1800 and later), neatly strung out to catch the sun across the Loch. The plain, whitewashed or brightly coloured houses are very much in the Telford idiom. Mission Church (now church hall) on Carr Brae, Ross & Macbeth, 1889, a spireletted twin of the Free Church at Stromeferry. St. Duthuc's Church (RC) and Presbytery, Joseph Hansom, 1871, well-grouped but somewhat gloomycoloured complex with simple gothic detail, built with funds from the Duchess of Leeds. In William Street, Robert Hurd & Prtnrs' housing association development of 1983 demonstrates this firm's understanding of West Highland housing traditions. Their crescent of harled and slated houses complements the earlier group on the left with all too rare sensitivity.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG82NE 64 centred 88799 27022
