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Latitude: 58.2084 / 58°12'30"N
Longitude: -6.3825 / 6°22'57"W
OS Eastings: 142661
OS Northings: 932778
OS Grid: NB426327
Mapcode National: GBR B7M1.397
Mapcode Global: WGY2Y.XYV7
Plus Code: 9CCM6J58+9X
Entry Name: 26 James Street, Stornoway, Lewis
Listing Name: 26 and 27 James Street Including Boundary Walls, Gates and Railings
Listing Date: 1 February 1993
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388037
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41699
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Lewis, Stornoway, 26 James Street
ID on this website: 200388037
Location: Stornoway
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Town: Stornoway
Electoral Ward: Steòrnabhagh a Deas
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Villa
Circa 1883-5 (on analogy with dated neighbouring houses). Symmetrical 2-storey double villa with attic storey also squeezed in. Compact, with 3-bay front, paired inner doors, bipartite above marks division between houses. Canted ground floor windows in outer bays, that to right (No 27) retaining original cast-iron cresting; 1st floor windows reach above eaves and have finialed neo-Jacobean dormerheads. Built of coursed rubble, squared dressings, painted detail; modern glazing; skews survive at left only; end stacks, slate roof, flat-roofed dormer over each outer bay set close to roof ridge, that to right with original glazing (sash and case, 3-pane upper and lower sashes). Modern low addition recessed on each flank. Boundary wall topped by spike-headed cast-iron railings; original gates.
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