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'Town House', 16-18 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.2088 / 58°12'31"N

Longitude: -6.3884 / 6°23'18"W

OS Eastings: 142322

OS Northings: 932841

OS Grid: NB423328

Mapcode National: GBR B7M1.0N0

Mapcode Global: WGY2Y.VX3Y

Plus Code: 9CCM6J56+GM

Entry Name: 'Town House', 16-18 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis

Listing Name: 16, 18 Cromwell Street, the Town House

Listing Date: 1 February 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388011

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41682

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Lewis, Stornoway, 16 - 18 Cromwell Street, 'town House'

ID on this website: 200388011

Location: Stornoway

County: Na h-Eileanan Siar

Town: Stornoway

Electoral Ward: Steòrnabhagh a Deas

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

Date is uncertain, perhaps mid/later 19th century, and a pre-existing building may be incorporated. Tall, 3-storey and attic building occupying prominent, slightly skewed corner site. Simplified clasical detailing, and rendered above ground floor, which is totally modernised on front and about half of its north gable (architraved tall doorway beyond new work, i.e. on right-hand side, presumably gives access to upper flats). Slate roofs with skylights. Cornices/strings divide floors; windows are aproned and architraved, arched on gable, alternate arched/triangular heads to architraves at first floor to front, a simplified representation of pediments; also on that elevation is a shaped centre wall-head gable, windows (mostly 4-pane sashes) are grouped in threes either side of blind centre; apex stacks all on corbelled bases (cf. treatment of 59 Cromwell Street, dated (1886).

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