Islay, Port Ellen, 30 Charlotte Street

2 storey end terrace building with gable and slated roof. Stone built and rendered with semi-cirvular stair extension to the rear.

Port Ellen is a planned village of gable to gable houses ranged around the sheltered bay of Loch Leodamais. Founded in 1821 by Walter Frederick Campbell, who named it Port Ellinor in honour of his wife. Although the herring industry did not bring immediate success, the settlement prospered as a small port serving the nearby distilleries. Charlotte Street is an austerely ordered corridor of gable-to-gable, three bay houses, early 19th century, each frontage identical in plot width. (FA Walker)