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Oban, South Pier, Piermaster's House
House (19th Century) (1814)
Site Name Oban, South Pier, Piermaster's House
Classification House (19th Century) (1814)
Alternative Name(s) Customs House; Old Lighthouse; South Pier House; Gallanach Road, Oban Lifeboat Station
Canmore ID 22929
Site Number NM82NE 50.01
NGR NM 85435 29743
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22929
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM82NE 50.01 85435 29743
The South Pier and the adjacent piermaster's residence were constructed by the Duke of Argyll, proprietor of South Oban, c. 1814. The house is a small single-storeyed building of whitewashed rubble masonry, having a slated roof of hipped form, which is given some architectural distinction by a small round tower at either end of the N gable-wall. Each tower is lit by a single arch-pointed window and has a conical roof. At the centre of the N wall there is a recess which formerly houses a notice-board, and attached to the NE tower there is a wrought-iron bracket for a guiding-light. A modern extension has been built against the W wall.
The interior is divided by a corridor, the S portion comprising the kitchen and a bedroom and the N portion forming a single large room. There are no original fittings of any consequence.
RCAHMS 1975, visited September 1971.
During August 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the Pier masters house at Oban. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), August 1999.
Scottish National Buildings Record.
Oban, South Pier, Piermaster's House.
S.N.B.R. 4 prints.
Photographic Survey (June 1964)
Photographs of the Piermaster's House, South Pier in Oban, Argyll, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1964
Field Visit (September 1971)
NM 854 297. The South Pier and the adjacent piermaster's residence were constructed by the Duke of Argyll, proprietor of South Oban, c. 1814, at the period when Henry Bell's pioneer steamship, 'the Comet' was establishing a regular service between Glasgow and Oban. The house (Pl. 77b) is a small single-storeyed building of whitewashed rubble masonry, having a slated roof of hipped form, which is given some architectural distinction by a small round tower at either end of the N gable-wall. Each tower is lit by a single arch-pointed window and has a conical roof. At the centre of the N wall there is a recess which formerly houses a notice-board, and attached to the NE tower there is a wrought-iron bracket for a guiding-light. A modern extension has been built against the W wall.
The interior is divided by a corridor, the S portion comprising the kitchen and a bedroom and the N portion forming a single large room. There are no original fittings of any consequence.
RCAHMS 1975, visited September 1971.
