Lochmaddy Sheriff Court

An early courthouse was established in the village in 1827, and was adapted, to a design by James Ross, to serve as a prison, with a courtroom, in 1845. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing northeast. It was fenestrated by a single sash window flanked by lancet windows on the ground floor, and by three sash windows on the first floor with a gable above. There were porches with round-headed doorways on either side of the main structure, one leading to the courtroom, and the other leading to four vaulted prison cells. In the early 1870s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the area. The site they selected was in the northeast part…