Basic Site Details Name: | Helmsdale Harbour | Town, district or village: | Helmsdale | City or county: | Sutherland | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Harbour | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1818 | | Build/construction | Harbour begun | | c. 1820 | | Plans drawn up | Rennie advised on adding breakwaters - not executed. | | 1823 | | Addition | Harbour extended | | 1841 | | | Embankment | | 1892 | | Build/construction | Creation of triangular basin enclosed by2 piers to east and breakwater to south. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | George Alexander | | C | 1818 | | Harbour begun - acted as contractor | | John Rennie | | D | c. 1820 | | Suggested breakwaters to shelter the mouth of the river but nothing appears to have been carried. | | George Alexander | | E | 1823 | | Harbour extended | | Alexander McDonald | | A | 1841 | | Embanked the river's shore | | McDonald & Leslie | | A | 1841 | | Embanked the river's shore | | William Leslie | | A | 1841 | | Embanked the river's shore | | James Barron | | B | 1892 | | Creation of roughly triangular basin enclosed by 2 piers to east and breakwater to south. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Sutherland, Duke of | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Beaton, Elizabeth | 1992 | Ross and Cromarty: an illustrated architectural guiide | | | p70 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Penguin Books | p585 |
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