Skye, Portree, Bank Street, Old Parish Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Skye, Portree, Bank Street, Old Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Canmore ID 99360
Site Number NG44SE 35
NGR NG 48297 43510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99360
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG44SE 35 48297 43510
For (successor and present) Portree, Somerled Square, Parish Church (NG 4825 4365), see NG44SE 45.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Records Office:
Proposed Church to be built at Portree.
Letter from James Gillespie, Architect, to John Campbell, W. S.
He returns the plans and specification and says he would be regretful if Lord Macdonald changed them because Portree is the principal site in Skye for a Church.
1817 GD 221/73/117
Report on the Church at Portree.
The Church was completed in 1821. It is a good building but the inside is ill fitted.
Report on Lord Macdonald's Estate in Skye.
1829 GD 221/121
Proposal to build a Church and Manse.
Letter from James Gillespie, Architect, to John Campbell W. S.
He will transmit plans once he has learned the views of the Heritors.
1802 GD 221/13/5
Repair of the Church at Portree.
Lord Macdonald's proportion of the cost amounts to #67.16.7
1859 GD 221/26
Repairs to the Church and Manse at Portree.Note of Lord Macdonald's proportion of the coast.
It amounts to #16.18.3 1/2
1861 GD 221/26
