Alexander Ross FRIBA LLD (9 July 1834 – 19 May 1925) was a 19th/20th century Scottish architect specialising in churches, especially for the Free Church of Scotland and the

Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

. He was Provost of Inverness from 1889 to 1895. He is probably the single most important person in moulding the city of

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, both socially and physically. He is responsible for a very high proportion of Inverness's churches, offices, public buildings, shops, tenements and villas.

Life

He was born on 9 July 1834 at Huntly Hill in

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near

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in Angus, the son of James Ross, architect. The family moved to

in 1838. He was educated at

Inverness Royal Academy Inverness Royal Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in the city of Inverness in the Highland area of Scotland. A former grammar school with a history dating back to the 13th century, the Academy became a comprehensive in the mid-1970s. ...

and Dr Bell's Institution. In 1848 he was briefly apprenticed to a stonemason to gain some practical experience before being articled in his father's architects office. In 1853 his father died and he took over the office. In 1859 he took William Joass into partnership, creating Ross & Joass. In the same year he joined as a volunteer in the Inverness Garrison Artillery (later rising to Colonel) and joined the St John Lodge of the Inverness

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. Ross & Joass was dissolved in 1865 and Joass set up in

Dingwall Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest cas ...

. In 1866 he secured a major commission to design St Andrew's Cathedral in Inverness. This led to his nomination in 1872 for St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. He entered his three-spired design under the pseudonym "''Fidelitas''". However, this ended in a complicated legal dispute:

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won the competition by one vote, but his design was for a complicated and expensive single spire design. The commissioning body asked for the design to be changed closer to Ross's design: Ross naturally objected. But Ross's design was then claimed to be that of George Freeth Roper who had undertaken the building of Ross's St Andrew's Cathedral in Inverness. It was messy, and did some reputational damage, but also gained him some fame as a designer. He was Master of his Lodge in Inverness 1873 to 1876. He had already a strong reputation for designing church-run schools, and after the Education Act of 1872 he received at least 450 small commissions to create the numerous small parish schools required in the Act. He opened a branch office in

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in 1880 to cope with the work. This office was run by his new partner David Mackintosh. The partnership was dissolved in 1883 when the school commissions were exhausted. In 1887 he entered a third (and final) partnership with Robert John MacBeth to create Ross & MacBeth. In 1891

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awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD). He had little practical involvement in design beyond around 1910 and retired completely in 1917 aged 83. He died at home "Riverfield" in Inverness on 19 May 1925 aged 90. The funeral service took place in his own building, St Andrew's Cathedral. He was buried at Tomnahurich with full masonic rites.

Other roles

*Grand Master Mason for Inverness 1873 to 1876 *Local politician, joining the town council in 1881 and rising to be Provost of Inverness 1889 to 1895 *President of the Inverness Architectural Association *Director of the Northern Infirmary, Inverness *Director of the Inverness College *Director of the

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*Director of the Lancashire Assurance Company *Director of Inverness Tweed Mills *Main share-holder of the Rose Street Foundry in Inverness *Founder of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club *Founder of the Gaelic Society of Inverness *Noted amateur geologist and antiquarian

Family

In 1864 or 1865, he married Mary Ann Carnaby Finlayson. His son was a Major in the

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in the

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. His son John Alistair Ross became an architect and took over his office.

Artistic recognition

He was portrayed in his Provost robes by George Reid RSA.

Principal works

Eden Court - the Bishops Palace (geograph 2152356)

St Olaf's Episcopal Church, Kirkwall - geograph

Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church - geograph

* Ardochy House (date not known) * UP church,

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(dnk) *

Bishop of Argyll The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into t ...

's house,

Ballachulish The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish (Ballecheles, 1522 – Straits town) was more correctly applied to the area now called ...

(dnk) *Alterations to

Brahan Castle Brahan Castle was situated south-west of Dingwall, in Easter Ross, Highland Scotland. The castle belonged to the Earls of Seaforth, chiefs of the Clan Mackenzie, who dominated the area. History Brahan Castle was built by Colin Mackenzie, 1s ...

(dnk) *Remodelling of

, Inverness (dnk) *Remodelling of Culloden House (dnk) * Glencarron Lodge (dnk) * Glendye Lodge (dnk) * Glenfintaig House,

Kilmonivaig Kilmonivaig ( gd, Cill Mo Naomhaig) is a small village, situated close to the southeast end of Loch Lochy in Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Fort William lies approximately 15 ...

(dnk) * Glenforsa House, Gruline, Mull (dnk) *The Hippodrome,

Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north ...

(dnk) *

Fortrose Fortrose (; gd, A' Chananaich, sco, Chainry) is a town and former royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is on the Moray Firth, about north-east of Inverness. The burgh is a popular location for trying to spot bottlenose dol ...

Hydropathic Establishment (dnk) *Remodelling of

Kintail Kintail ( gd, Cinn Tàile) is an area of mountains in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area. It consists of the mountains to the north of Glen Shiel and the A87 road between the heads of Loch Duich and Loch ...

Parish Church (dnk) *Laisdale House,

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated ...

(dnk) *Leckmelm House near

Ullapool Ullapool (; gd, Ulapul ) is a village and port located in Northern Scotland. Ullapool has a population of around 1,500 inhabitants. It is located around northwest of Inverness in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands. Despite its modest size, ...

(dnk) *

Lerwick Lerwick (; non, Leirvik; nrn, Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. Centred off the north coast of the Scottish mainland a ...

Cottage Hospital (dnk) *Remodelling of Leys Castle (dnk) *

Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creati ...

Church (dnk) * Paisley Mission Church (dnk) *Royal Insurance Buildings, Inverness (dnk) *Torlandig House (dnk) *

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Free Church (dnk) *Geddes Mills,

Avoch Avoch harbour Avoch ( ; from the gd, Abhach – meaning mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. History Origins Ormond Castle or ''Avoch Castle'' was a stronghold built ...

(1853) *St Ninian's Episcopal Church,

(1853) *

Episcopal School (1854) *St Finan's Episcopal Church, Kinlochmoidart (1854) *Caminsky (1855) *

Ardersier Ardersier ( gd, Àird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the ...

Free Church (1856) * Croy Free Church manse (1856) *St Columba's Episcopal Church,

Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the t ...

(1857) *St Saviour's Episcopal Church,

Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan ( sco, Brig Allan, gd, Drochaid Ailein), also known colloquially as ''Bofa'', is a town in the Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. Overlooked by the National Wallace Monument, it lies on the ...

(1857) *

Invergordon Invergordon (; gd, Inbhir Ghòrdain or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area beca ...

Free Church (1859) *Stratherrick RC Church, Dalcraig (1859) * Findon School, schoolhouse and boathouse (1860) *

School (1860) * Kilmuir Free Church and manse, Skye (1860) *

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Established Church, Skye (1860) *Church of St Droslain,

Aberlour Aberlour ( gd, Obar Lobhair) is a village in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin on the road to Grantown. The Lour burn is a tributary of the River Spey, and it and the surrounding parish are both named Aberlour, but the name is more commonly us ...

(1861) *

Alness Alness (, ; gd, Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 km) to the east, and the village of Evanton ...

Church (1862) *

Urray Urray ( gd, Urrath) is a scattered village and coastal parish, consisting of Easter, Old and Wester Urray and is located in the county of Ross in the Scottish council area of the Highland. Urray is also a parish in the district of Wester Ross an ...

Church and manse (1862) *Conaglen House, Ardgour, Fort William (1862) *Reid School,

(1863) *St Matthew's Episcopal Church, Old Meldrum (1863) *Union St UP Church, Inverness (1863) * Glenshiel Free Church (1864) *Mackenzie Foundation Episcopal School,

(1864) * Nairnside School (1864) *

Bank of Scotland The Bank of Scotland plc ( Scottish Gaelic: ''Banca na h-Alba'') is a commercial and clearing bank based in Scotland and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, following the Bank of Scotland's implosion in 2008. The bank was established by t ...

(1864) * Navidale House (1864) *St Clement's School,

(1864) *UP church, Queen Street, Inverness (1864) *

Bonar Bridge Bonar Bridge ( gd, Drochaid a' Bhanna, ) is a village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland to the west and the Dornoch Firth to the east in the Parish of Creich in the Highland council area of Scotland. The Kyle of Sutherland ("the K ...

(1865) *

Glengarry The Glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and ribbons hanging behind. It is normally worn as part of Scottish military o ...

Established Church (1865) *St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness (1866) *

Duncraig Castle Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron. It was built in ...

(1866) *

Dunvegan Dunvegan ( gd, Dùn Bheagain) is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is famous for Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod. Dunvegan is within the parish of Duirinish, Skye, Duirinish, and Duirinish Parish Church is at Dunveg ...

Hotel, Skye (1868) *St Andrew's Episcopal Church,

Wick, Caithness Wick ( gd, Inbhir Ùige (IPA: �inivɪɾʲˈuːkʲə, sco, Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. "Wick Locality" had a population o ...

(1868) *

Flora MacDonald Flora MacDonald (Gaelic: ''Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill'', 1722 - 5 March 1790) was a member of Clan Macdonald of Sleat, best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family ...

Monument, Kilmuir Cemetery, Skye (1870) *

Achnasheen Achnasheen ( Gaelic ''Achadh na Sìne'') is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is situated on the River Bran at the junction of two roads built by Thomas Telford. Despite the size of the village ...

Station Hotel (1871) *Inverness Artillery Drill Hall (1871) *

Laurencekirk Laurencekirk (, sco, Lowrenkirk, gd, Eaglais Labhrainn), colloquially known as "The Lang Toun" or amongst locals as simply "The Kirk", is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdee ...

Episcopal Church (1871) * Nigg UP Church (1871) *

Applecross Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which i ...

School (1872) *

Free Church (1872) *Remodelling of

Rosehaugh House Rosehaugh plc was a major property developer in the City of London and the Docklands in the 1980s and 1990s. Accountant Godfrey BradmanMacLaran, Andrew ed., 2014. Making Space - Property Development and Urban Planning. Abingdon: Routledge. Pag ...

(1872) *St Columba's Episcopal Church, Isle of Mull (1872) *St Cyprian's Episcopal Church,

Lenzie Lenzie () is an affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. U ...

(1872) * Aberarder House (1873) *

, Lochcarron (1873) * Invergordon Castle (1873) *All Saints Episcopal Church,

Buckie Buckie ( gd, Bucaidh) is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the th ...

(1875) *Bishop's Palace, Inverness (1875) now known as Eden Court *St Margaret's Episcopal Church,

(1875) *St Olaf's Episcopal Church,

Kirkwall Kirkwall ( sco, Kirkwaa, gd, Bàgh na h-Eaglaise, nrn, Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. The name Kirkwall comes from the Norse name (''Church Bay''), which later changed to ''Kirkv ...

(1875) *Episcopal Church of St Columba,

Largs Largs ( gd, An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (''An Leargaidh'') in Scottish Gaelic. A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town mark ...

(1876) *

Orphanage (1876) *Inverness Tweed Mill (1877) *

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(1878) *Trinity UP Church, Banff (1879) *Remodelling of Ardross Castle (1880) *St Mary's Episcopal Church, Glencoe (1880) *St Michael's Episcopal Church,

Dufftown Dufftown ( gd, Baile Bhainidh ) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. While the town is part of the historic Mortlach parish, the town was established and laid out in the early 19th century as part of a planned new town settlement. The town has several ...

(1880) *

Duncansburgh Fort William ( gd, An Gearasdan ; "The Garrison") formerly ( gd, Baile Mairi) and ( gd, Gearasdan dubh Inbhir-Lochaidh) (Lit. "The Black Garrison of Inverlochy"), ( sco, The Fort), formerly ( sco, Maryburgh) is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish ...

Parish Church, Fort William (1881) *

Town Hall (1881) *Holy Trinity episcopal Church,

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(1882) *Invermoidart House,

Moidart Moidart ( ; ) is part of the remote and isolated area of Scotland, west of Fort William, known as the Rough Bounds. Moidart itself is almost surrounded by bodies of water. Loch Shiel cuts off the eastern boundary of the district (along a sou ...

(1882) *Remodelling of Portee Old Parish Church (1883) *St Peter and the Holy Rood Episcopal Church,

Thurso Thurso (pronounced ; sco, Thursa, gd, Inbhir Theòrsa ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great ...

(1883) *

Halkirk Halkirk ( gd, Hàcraig) is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east. The village is within the parish ...

Free Church (1884) *St Columba Episcopal Church,

Portree Portree (; gd, Port Rìgh, ) is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Murray, W.H. (1966) ''The Hebrides''. London. Heinemann. Pages 154-155. It is the location for the only secondary school ...

(1884) *

Ardtornish Ardtornish ( gd, Àird Tòirinis) is a Highland estate in Scotland located in Morvern, Lochaber. Ardtornish House is famous for its gardens and the estate is the location of the ruined Ardtornish Castle and the still-inhabited Kinlochaline ...

House (1885) *Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Inverness (1886) *Mission Church, Inverness (1886) *Tobacco Factory, Inverness (1886) *St Andrew's Episcopal Church,

Tain Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. Etymology The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...

(1887) *Rebuilding of the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness (1887) *Ledgowan House

(1888) *Bridge over River Aline,

(1888) *St Andrew's Episcopal Church,

(1888) *Inverness Artillery Volunteer Hall (1889) *Mission Hall, Dornie (1889) *St Columba's Mission Hall, Inverness (1889) *Swimming Baths and public laundry, Inverness (1889) *Restoration of

Kinlochaline Castle Kinlochaline Castle is a 15th-century Scottish tower house on the Ardtornish estate in Morvern in the Highland council area. It is also known as Caisteal an Ime (Scottish Gaelic for ''Castle of Butter'') because a Lady of Clan MacInnes, Dubh Ch ...

(1890) *

Dornoch Dornoch (; gd, Dòrnach ; sco, Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the M ...

(1890) *

Burghead Burghead ( sco, Burgheid or ''The Broch'', gd, Am Broch) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on thr ...

(1890) *Episcopal Mission Church, Inverness (1890) *Free North Church, Inverness (1890) *Restoration of

Kilcoy Castle Kilcoy Castle is a 16th-century castle near Muir of Ord and Tore on the Black Isle, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Kilcoy Castle is a ‘Z’ plan fortalice dating from no later than 1618 and possibly founded as early as 1580 (contemporary with Da ...

(1890) *Palace Hotel, Inverness (1890) *Telford Street Tweed Mill, Inverness (1890) *Restoration of

Killearnan The Black Isle ( gd, an t-Eilean Dubh, ) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the villages of Culbokie, Jemimaville, Rosemarkie, Avoch, Munlochy, Tore, and ...

Parish Church and new manse (1891) *

Stromeferry Stromeferry ( gd, Port an t-Sròim) is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name reflects its former role as ...

Free Church Mission Hall *St Bride's Episcopal Church, Onich (1891) *

Castlebay Castlebay ( gd, Bàgh a' Chaisteil) is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean domi ...

Police Station,

Barra Barra (; gd, Barraigh or ; sco, Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by a short causeway. The island is nam ...

(1892) *

Convalescent Home (1892) *

Cromdale Cromdale ( gd, Cromdhail, from ''crom'' 'crooked' and ''dal'' 'valley, dale') is a village in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical (later civil) parish ...

Parish Church (1892) *

Police Station (1892) *Flodigarry House,

(1892) *Golf Clubhouse,

(1892) *St Columba's Episcopal Church,

Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, abou ...

(1892) *

Tarbert Tarbert ( gd, An Tairbeart) is a place name in Scotland and Ireland. Places named Tarbert are characterised by a narrow strip of land, or isthmus. This can be where two lochs nearly meet, or a causeway out to an island. Etymology All placenames ...

Police Station (1892) * Campbelltown Police Station (1893) *

Fort Augustus Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands. The village has a population of around 646 (2001). Its economy is heavily reliant on tourism. History The Gae ...

Police Station (1893) *Total rebuilding of

(1893–1895) his alma mater *St Columba's Chapel and Bishop's House,

Iona Iona (; gd, Ì Chaluim Chille (IPA: �iːˈxaɫ̪ɯimˈçiʎə, sometimes simply ''Ì''; sco, Iona) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though the ...

(1893) *Remodelling of Ferintosh Parish Church (1894) * Dochfour Memorial Church (1894) *St Drostan's Episcopal Church,

Insch Insch ( gd, An Innis or Innis Mo Bheathain) is a village in the Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately from the city of Aberdeen. Etymology The name of the village may have come from the Scottish Gaelic ''innis'', m ...

(1894) *Remodelling of Urquhart Parish Church (1894) *

Glenurquhart Glenurquhart or Glen Urquhart ( gd, Gleann Urchadain) is a glen running to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit in the Highland (council area), Highland Council areas of Scotland, council area of Scotland. Location Glenurquhart runs fr ...

(1895) *

Shieldaig Shieldaig ( gd, Sìldeag; on, síld- vík, lit=herring bay)W. J. Watson''Place-names of Ross and Cromarty'' 1904, p. 208. is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Geography a ...

Free Presbyterian Church (1895) *St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Paisley (1895) *

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling and Milton beyond) to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas ...

Episcopal Church (1895) *

Gairloch Gairloch ( ; gd, Geàrrloch , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a go ...

Free Presbyterian Church (1896) *

Struy Struy ( gd, An t-Srùigh or gd, Sruidh) is a small village at the end of Glen Strathfarrar, about 15 km south-west of Beauly in the Highland council area of Scotland. Description The confluence of the River Farrar and the River Glass is ...

Free Church (1896) *

Police Station (1897) *St Kessog's Episcopal Church,

Auchterarder Auchterarder (; gd, Uachdar Àrdair, meaning Upper Highland) is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the Gleneagles Hotel. The High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of " ...

(1897) * Ardross Church (1898) *Free Presbyterian Church,

Raasay Raasay (; gd, Ratharsair) or the Isle of Raasay is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from Applecross by the Inner Sound. It is famous for being the bi ...

(1898) *

Aviemore Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is pop ...

Station Hotel (1899) *Cumming Street UF Church,

Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...

(1899) *Remodelling of

(1899) *Free Presbyterian Church, Inverness (1899) *Music Hall, Inverness (1899) *Major upgrade of

Skibo Castle Skibo Castle (Scottish Gaelic: ''Caisteal Sgìobail'') is located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although largely of the 19th century and early 20th century, when it was the hom ...

(1899) a major commission from

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in ...

who had just acquired Skibo *

Boat of Garten Boat of Garten ( gd, Coit a' Ghartain; originally: Garten) is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the ...

Police Station (1900) * Nethybridge Police Station (1900) *Courthill Episcopal Chapel, Lochcarron (1901) *Dunbeg House,

(1902) *

Hugh Miller Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Life and work Miller was born in Cromarty, the first of three children of Harriet Wright (''b ...

Institute,

Cromarty Cromarty (; gd, Cromba, ) is a town, civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland (council area), Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore o ...

(1902) *

Mallaig Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort Will ...

Police Station (1902) *

(1903) *

Kingussie Kingussie ( ; gd, Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as th ...

Episcopal Chapel (1903) * St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Inverness (1903) * Fort William Masonic Lodge (1903) *Inverness Sailors Home (1904) *

Church (1906) *Seaforth Sanatorium,

(1906) *St Regulus Episcopal Church,

(1906) *

Latheron Latheron () is a small village and civil parish in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, centred on the junction of the A9 with the A99. The Clan Gunn Heritage Centre and Museum is housed in the old Parish Church (built in 1734). The ch ...

UF Church (1909) *Riding School, Inverness (1909) *Skating Rink, Inverness (1909) *St Finnbar's Episcopal Church,

(1912) *La Scala Cinema, Inverness (1913) *Territorial Army Drill Hall,

(1913) *Territorial Army Drill Hall,

Broadford, Skye Broadford ( gd, An t-Àth Leathann), together with nearby Harrapool, is the second-largest settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of the Red Cuillin mountains, Broadford is within the parish of Strath. A long meandering vi ...

(1914) *Conversion of distillery building to a US Naval Base,

Dalmore Distillery The Dalmore distillery is located in Alness, Scotland, 20 miles (32 km) north of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland" from which it takes its name. The Dalmore distillery is ow ...

(1917) *Conversion of distillery building to a US Naval Base, Glenalbyn Distillery (1917)

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