Eigg, Old Manse
Manse (18th Century)
Site Name Eigg, Old Manse
Classification Manse (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Small Isles Manse; Eigg Manse
Canmore ID 81906
Site Number NM48NE 29
NGR NM 48223 85187
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81906
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
The former Manse, 1790; enlarged 1889 A modest version of its counterpart on Barra (1816), built in the format of a Georgian farmhouse, but more generously scaled, with a projecting square stairtower to the rear. Typically, it fronts a walled garden enclosure beside a stand of old trees.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM48NE 29.00 48223 85187
NM48NE 29.01 NM 4835 8536 barn
NM48NE 29.02 NM 48235 85176 Walled Garden
For St Donnan's (old) church, burial-ground and cross-shaft (NM 4885 8536), see NM48NE 19.00.
For present Church of Scotland (NM 4818 8550), see NM48NE 37.
Manse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1976.
Built 1790
1889 alterations: Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
Former harled manse of 1790, enlarged into 2 storeys with attic in 1889 by Sydney Mitchell and Wilson. The south elevation extends to 3 bays with flanking 2 bay wings to the east and west. The centre door is framed by a square piended porch with side entrance and later bipartites. The north elevation features a projecting 3 storey stairwell with a window to each floor.
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