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Latitude: 57.6041 / 57°36'14"N
Longitude: -7.1625 / 7°9'44"W
OS Eastings: 91757
OS Northings: 868861
OS Grid: NF917688
Mapcode National: GBR 88QM.D3W
Mapcode Global: WGW3D.Y4GG
Plus Code: 9C9JJR3Q+J2
Entry Name: Old Courthouse, Lochmaddy, North Uist
Listing Name: Lochmaddy Old Courthouse and Exercise Yard Walls
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 351539
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17576
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: North Uist, Lochmaddy, Old Courthouse
ID on this website: 200351539
Location: North Uist
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath
Parish: North Uist
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
James Ross of Inverness, architect, 1845; extended circa
1856, William Lawrie of Inverness. Former courthouse and jail
with walled exercise yard to 3 sides. Main building now 2
storeys, T-plan, gabled low porch fills either re-entrant
angle (original block rectangular-plan; rear wing and porches additions). North east elevation: wing and low porches all
gabled; cherry-caulked coursed and squared rubble with
contrasting ashlar dressings (remainder whitewashed harl);
finialed 3-bay main gable with slits flanking ground floor
window, narrow lights above; round-headed door with fanlight
to either porch. Asymmetrical south west elevation, original
door now a window; round-headed doorway to north west gable,
lean-to adjoins at south east. Small-paned sash windows; end
and axial stacks; slate roofs.
Interior: vaulted cells at ground level; observation slits;
key safe.
Exercise yard 8-sided on plan; walls rubble-built with ashlar
coping.
Replaced by present building 1877
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