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Latitude: 58.5915 / 58°35'29"N
Longitude: -3.5249 / 3°31'29"W
OS Eastings: 311456
OS Northings: 968065
OS Grid: ND114680
Mapcode National: GBR K6N0.Q22
Mapcode Global: WH5BJ.TBN0
Plus Code: 9CCRHFRG+J2
Entry Name: Thurso Public Library And Registrar, Davidson's Lane, Thurso
Listing Name: Davidson's Lane Miller Institution
Listing Date: 21 February 1975
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388396
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41984
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Thurso, Davidson's Lane, Thurso Public Library And Registrar
ID on this website: 200388396
Location: Thurso
County: Highland
Town: Thurso
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Public library Library building
W Scott, Architect, Edinburgh, 1859. Rectangular,
classical single storey former school, with 7-bay NE frontage
approached by wide flight steps. Polished ashlar frontage
and dressings, coursed tooled rubble flanks and rear.
Centre door masked by pedimented Roman Doric tetrastyle
portico with centre plaque in tympanum. Angle pilasters;
aproned windows; slightly narrower flanking centre door;
margined multi-plane glazing; eaves cornice and blocking
course. Centre peristyle drum tower with louvred vents,
octagonal upper portion with blocked clock faces and
narrow alternating facets, all margined; moulded cornices;
domed lead roof with cast-iron finial. Paired corniced ridge
stacks; piended slate roof.
Late 19th century rear extension. Low coped retaining
wall to street frontage and flanking steps. Ashlar
covered with linostone 1984.
Formerly Miller Academy, now houses Local Government offices
and Public Library. Donated by Rev. Alexander Miller of
Thurso and Free Church Minister of Buckie, Banffshire, at
cost of approximately $1,500. Centre plaque reads "Mille
Institution MDCCCLIX". Rear extension appears on 1906 OS
but not on 1st ed of 1873.
Though sited in Davidson's Lane the building terminates
Sinclair St.
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