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Tower Guest House, 32 James Street, Stornoway, Lewis

A Category C Listed Building in Steòrnabhagh a Deas, Na h-Eileanan Siar

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.2087 / 58°12'31"N

Longitude: -6.3818 / 6°22'54"W

OS Eastings: 142707

OS Northings: 932810

OS Grid: NB427328

Mapcode National: GBR B7M1.3N1

Mapcode Global: WGY2Y.YX6Z

Plus Code: 9CCM6J59+F7

Entry Name: Tower Guest House, 32 James Street, Stornoway, Lewis

Listing Name: 32 James Street Tower Guest House Including Perimeter Walls, Gates and Railings

Listing Date: 1 February 1993

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388040

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41701

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388040

Location: Stornoway

County: Na h-Eileanan Siar

Town: Stornoway

Electoral Ward: Steòrnabhagh a Deas

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

Dated 1885. Crow-stepped villa on street corner site, 2 storeys with attic, 3-bay L-plan front with crenellated entrance tower in re-entrant angle, consoled hood over doorway. Squared rubble and dressings, painted detail, some modern glazing, some original sash windows, 3-light windows in outer bays, canted and crenellated ground floor window right, corresponding window to left in projecting square bay stop-chamfered; (?timber) mullions at 1st floor. Corniced apex stacks, slate roof. Plainer flank elevation to Matheson Street, crow-stepped gables/dormer heads above eaves level. Enclosed by low boundary wall, topped by decorative cast-iron railings, and with original gates.

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