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Station And Pier, Kyle Of Lochalsh

A Category B Listed Building in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.2799 / 57°16'47"N

Longitude: -5.7138 / 5°42'49"W

OS Eastings: 176246

OS Northings: 827134

OS Grid: NG762271

Mapcode National: GBR D98G.X54

Mapcode Global: WH0B6.69D0

Plus Code: 9C9P77HP+XF

Entry Name: Station And Pier, Kyle Of Lochalsh

Listing Name: Kyle of Lochalsh Railway Station and Pier

Listing Date: 16 December 1986

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338694

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6954

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kyle Of Lochalsh, Station And Pier
KYL

ID on this website: 200338694

Location: Lochalsh

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Parish: Lochalsh

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Dead-end station Railway station Harbour railway station

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Description

Opened 1897, engineer to Highland Railway Murdoch Paterson.
Island platform station approached by long ramped roadway.
Long, single storey timber framed station buildings partly
built on pier. 1 course of stones forms base for timber
framing, walls horizontally boarded; 11 main bays with
narrower bays at either end; cast-iron fluted pilasters with
stylised acanthus capitals mark each bay and support brackets
and canopy. Windows mainly bipartite but some tripartite, 2
projecting V-plan windows. Vertical match-board tongue and
grooved interiors. Brick stacks, piended slate roof.

Statement of Interest

The size of the station and all the accommodation available

reflects the importance of this pierhead Station.

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