2012

NB4133 : E filette

taken 11 years ago, near to Stornoway/Steornabhagh, Isle of Lewis And Harris, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland

E filette
E filette
Ferns in the grounds of Lews Castle
Lews Castle (Caisteal Leòdhais)

Lews Castle was completed in 1848 to the design of the Glasgow architect Charles Wilson for the opium dealer and island proprietor Sir James Matheson. John Gifford in his Pevsner guide of 1992 sums it up as a "Large Tudor toy fort ... with battlemented towers and a machicolated parapet, but quite relaxed despite these martial appendages". In 1918 the estate, including the castle, along with the rest of Lewis and Harris, was bought by the soap merchant Lord Leverhulme, who gave it to the burghers of Stornoway in 1923.

Used as a naval base (HMS Mentor) during the Second World War and as accommodation for college students in the 1950s, the Castle was subsequently disused until 2011, when a major restoration began to create a home for the island's museum and archives. The impressive state rooms were reopened to the public in 2016.

Lews Castle is listed Category A LinkExternal link

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NB4133, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Fractal Angel   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 19 October, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 23 October, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NB 4180 3312 [10m precision]
WGS84: 58:12.6581N 6:23.8526W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NB 4180 3312
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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