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Kyle Of Lochalsh, Main Street, Commercial Bank

Bank (Financial) (19th Century)

Site Name Kyle Of Lochalsh, Main Street, Commercial Bank

Classification Bank (Financial) (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Royal Bank Of Scotland

Canmore ID 11669

Site Number NG72NE 5

NGR NG 76152 27320

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11669

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lochalsh
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

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Main Street, formerly approached from the north, with the Scots Revival Royal Bank of Scotland (formerly the Commercial Bank), Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, 1895-6, vying for attention with the solidly gabled and mullioned Bank of Scotland and Post Office, Ross & Macbeth, 1904. Ascending the Plock, at Hamilton Place, Maine-style timber-clad housing, c.1940, No 2 still with its original horizontal clap-boarding. Nicholson Court, Heathmount Road, Robert Hurd & Prtnrs, 1966-9; a Modernist-vernacular scheme for three tower blocks, modified to one tower and lower blocks of terraced housing to cope with the exposure of the site. This tower theme is echoed on the edge of Douglas Park (opened 1957), with Douglas Court, Frank Burstow of Hurd Rolland Partnership, 1990. Sensible 1960s housing for Ross & Cromarty County Council ascends Cnoc Terrace in gabled pairs. Above is Langlands Terrace, Hurd Rolland Partnership, 1988.

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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