Skye, Broadford, General

Broadford Extended settlement at the foot of Beinn na Caillich, the ribbon of development round Broadford Bay merging various cofting townships and later 20th century infill. Just three houses in 1843 , Broadford became an important post town, cattle market and ferry stop, with its own pier (1807-9, Telford/J. Gillespie Graham), limekiln (now a rubble lump) and inn. By the 1860s, it boasted some three dozen houses, 10 shops and a church, prompting Alexander Smith to write in 1865 'If Portree is the London of Skye, Broadford is its Manchester'.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

ARCHITECT: John MacKenzie, 1889 - feuing plan

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office

PLANS:

RHP 5988 John MacKenzie, 1889 - feuing plan

NMRS REFERENCE:

Building of stable and House of Broadford.

[It is not known (at time of upgrade) if this is the same building as Corry Lodge]

State of account showing payments made to tradesmen.

1789 - 1791 GD 221/149/1