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Eigg, Eigg Lodge, Crow's Nest

Cottage (20th Century)

Site Name Eigg, Eigg Lodge, Crow's Nest

Classification Cottage (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Doctor's Cottage

Canmore ID 220915

Site Number NM48SE 25.02

NGR NM 48048 83940

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/220915

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Small Isles
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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The Crow's Nest (Nead na Feannaig), 1930s A neat piended box in the style of the Georgian manses and gentry houses of the West Highlands, built for the doctor on the site of the former rose garden.

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

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Publication Account (2002)

This house, designed by Mauchlen and Weightman and named after the first two lodges, was built in 1929 for the use of the island doctor Dr Martha Devon. The large porch provided a waiting room and the narrow central room was fitted out as a dispensary.

Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide: Commissioners' Field Excursion, The Small Isles, 23-26 September 2002’.

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