Skye, Portree, Bank Street, Free Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Skye, Portree, Bank Street, Free Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) United Presbyterian Church
Canmore ID 99361
Site Number NG44SE 36
NGR NG 48325 43433
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99361
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Bank Street Former Jail (now office of Feisean nan Gaidheal), J. Gillespie Graham, 1800 Built for Lord Macdonald for £500, this is the solitary three-bay house visible in Daniell's print. It is now flanked by Peddie & Kinnear's Free Church (originally UP), 1860, and the Skye Gathering Hall, 1879, a brooding, crowstepped hall, revamped by James Mackenzie, c.1900.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG44SE 36 48325 43433
NMRS REFERENCE:
Plans:
Dick Peddie and MacKay, Edinburgh New Building
Bin 4, Bag 2 Peddie and Kinnear, 1858
