Stornoway Town Hall
| Stornoway Town Hall | |
|---|---|
 Stornoway Town Hall building in 2012 | |
| Location | Stornoway |
| Coordinates | 58°12′30″N 6°23′18″W / 58.2082°N 6.3884°W |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | John Robertson |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic Revival style |
Listed Building – Category B | |
| Designated | 25 November 1980 |
| Reference no. | LB41738 |
  Shown in the Outer Hebrides | |
Stornoway Town Hall is a former municipal building in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.[1]
History
The building, which was designed by John Robertson of Inverness in the Gothic Revival style,[1] was opened by the Earl of Rosebery in September 1905.[2] After the original structure was gutted by fire in 1918, it was rebuilt in the same style and re-opened by Thomas Bassett Macaulay, the President of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada in 1929.[2]
The clock tower on the building gained some fame from the Calum Kennedy song Lovely Stornoway in the 1960s.[3]
The building was the headquarters of Stornoway Town Council until it was absorbed into Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in 1975.[4] The building was then used as the home of the arts centre, An Lanntair, until 2005 when the centre moved to a purpose-built facility on the sea front.[5] The town hall was then extensively refurbished at a cost of £2.1 million and re-opened for community use in 2012.[6]
References
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "South Beach, Cromwell Street And Point Street, Municipal Buildings (Category B Listed Building) (LB41738)". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Town Hall". Stornoway Historical Society. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Lovely Stornoway". Irish Folk Songs. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Stornoway Town Council (Burgh of Stornoway), Lewis, Scotland". Tasglann nan Eilean Siar. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Pedersen, Roy (2019). Gaelic Guerrilla: John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire. Luath Press. ISBN 978-1913025397.
- ^ "The Town Hall". Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Retrieved 14 April 2020.