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Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street
Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Stornoway Sheriff Court is a judicial building on Lewis Street in Stornoway in Scotland. The building, which continues to be used as a courthouse, is a Category B listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In the early 1840s, civic officials decided to commission a prison block for the area. The site they selected was on the east side of Lewis Street. The new building was designed by Thomas Brown II in the Tudor Revival style, built in ashlar stone, and was completed in 1843. It contained a series of prison cells with high horizontal windows. The complex was extended forward, with a new courthouse added at the front, to a design by Andrew Maitland in 1870. In February 1919, the building was the venue for the public inquiry into the loss of the steam yacht, HMY Iolaire, which had been wrecked in a storm at the mouth of Stornoway harbour on New Year's Day 1919. The disaster killed more than 200…
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- Coordinates
- 58.2099, -6.3842
- District
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Postcode
- HS1 2JF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
- Established
- 1843
Sources
- wikidata: Q17854006 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stornoway Sheriff Court (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street?
- Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode HS1 2JF).
- What is Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street?
- Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street?
- Drivers can use postcode HS1 2JF.
- When was Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street built?
- Built or established in 1843.
- Who owns Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street?
- Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street is owned by | designation1 =Category B Listed Building.
- How do I get to Stornoway Sheriff Court, Lewis Street?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HS1 2JF. It sits within the Na h-Eileanan an Iar parliamentary constituency.