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Station Hotel, 92, 94 High Street, Alness

A Category B Listed Building in Alness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6955 / 57°41'43"N

Longitude: -4.2517 / 4°15'6"W

OS Eastings: 265883

OS Northings: 869521

OS Grid: NH658695

Mapcode National: GBR H8WD.15M

Mapcode Global: WH3D5.NTKZ

Plus Code: 9C9QMPWX+58

Entry Name: Station Hotel, 92, 94 High Street, Alness

Listing Name: Alness, 92-94 (Even Nos) High Street, Station Hotel

Listing Date: 11 December 1997

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391438

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44781

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Alness, 92, 94 High Street, Station Hotel

ID on this website: 200391438

Location: Alness

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Cromarty Firth

Parish: Alness

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

William C Joass, 1867; recast William Mackintosh, 1902. 2-storey and attic, irregular plan Baronial hotel on corner site. Rubble sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Chamfered reveals, crowstepped gables; 1st floor windows breaking eaves in dormerheads.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: doorway with glazed cast-iron canopy in recessed bay to centre; single window above. Bipartite window at ground in bay to right; tripartite window above with segmental-arched corbel table over; single window (later) set in gablehead. Circular corner tower in bay to outer right; 3 single windows to ground and 1st floors; swept conical roof with fishscale slate banding. Advanced

3 bay range to left of entrance; pedimented doorway with single window to left in bay to outer left; bipartite window at 1st floor above; single and bipartite windows to both floors in remaining bays.

W ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single windows to both floors in gabled bay to outer left; carved pediment to 1st floor window. Single windows to both floors in central bay. Bipartite windows to both floors in bay to outer right.

E AND S ELEVATIONS: not seen 1997. 2 pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced gablehead stacks; cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

Good Baronial detailing in the corner tower, crowstepped gables, and pedimented dormers, whilst the glazed canopy reflects the building's role as a railway hotel.

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