Lewis, Breasclete, Lightkeepers Dwelling Houses
Lighthouse Shore Station (19th Century)
Site Name Lewis, Breasclete, Lightkeepers Dwelling Houses
Classification Lighthouse Shore Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Breasclate, Lighthouse Keeper's Houses Including Walls Gatepiers And Sundial; Flannan Isles Lighthouse, Shore Station
Canmore ID 171218
Site Number NB23NW 80
NGR NB 21427 35326
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171218
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Breasclete (Breascleit) Lighthouse keepers'/coastguard's houses, 1899 A double-pile block built as a shore station for families of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse employees. Crowstepped gables, heavy eaves cornices, prominent wallhead chimneys and other pleasing architectural flourishes are picked out in red ashlar against whitewashed walls. In the large walled garden, a fluted sundial.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NB23NW 80 21427 35326
For associated Flannan Isles Lighthouse (on Eilean Mor, at NA 72667 46884), see NA74NW 6.00.
