Plockton, Innes Street, The Old Manse
Manse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Plockton, Innes Street, The Old Manse
Classification Manse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Telford Manse; Plockton Manse; Plockton, Innes Street, Old Manse Including Drystone Wall
Canmore ID 173198
Site Number NG83SW 74
NGR NG 80256 33331
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173198
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Most of Plockton's public buildings are in Innes Street:
Plockton High School, Shearer and Annand for Ross & Cromarty County Council, 1964, a complex of flat-roofed blocks lying long and low above the village, with later extensions of 1969 and 1980.
Primary School, Alexander Ross, 1858, a pretty contrast in Ross's simple gothic style, reminiscent of his Episcopal churches in the Highlands; corrugated iron annex, probably 1889. Church of Scotland, William Thomson, 1825-7, a harled Parliamentary church with a panelled gallery filling much of its T-plan interior; pierced wooden ceiling a later addition. Contemporary manse, James Smith's single-storey, shallow U-plan design. Free Church, c.1845, refitted and improved by Alexander Ross, 1869; converted to flats in a reprieve from proposed demolition by Philip Cocker Assocs, 1993. The long street elevation of this double-gabled building was previously blind except for the entrance, which is now flanked by pairs of long lights reminiscent of the ventilation slits that are a feature of local barns.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
