Basic Site Details Name: | Great Western Hotel and Terrace | Town, district or village: | Oban | City or county: | Argyll | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Great Western Hotel and Westbay Hotel | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Hotel | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Alexandra Road | Yes | Address for greenhouse |  | Corran Esplanade | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1862 | 1863 | | |  | 1884 | | | Additions to dining hall |  | 1900 | | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) |  | 1906 | | | Scullery at rear added |  | After 1908 | Before 1928 | | Large public garage added |  | 1910 | | Plans submitted | Internal alterations |  | 1910 | | Plans submitted | Extension for gas plant at Engine House of Great Western Hotel |  | 1936 | | | Greenhouse |
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 |  | Charles Wilson | Architect | | 1862 | 1863 | In hand at death |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall |  | David Mackintosh or Macintosh | Architect | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall |  | Ross & Mackintosh | Architectural practice | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall |  | Baird & Thomson | Architectural practice | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) |  | James Baird Thomson | Architect | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) |  | James Thomson | Architect | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) |  | William Aitken Thomson | Architect | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) |  | James Cairns | Architect | | 1906 | | Scullery at rear added |  | James Davidson Cairns | Architect | | After 1908 | Before 1928 | Large public garage added |  | George Woulfe Brenan | Architect | | 1910 | | Extension for gas plant at Engine House of Great Western Hotel, and internal alterations |  | Robert Whitelaw Campbell | Architect | | 1936 | | Greenhouse |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Burns, William, proprietor | Client for 1910 work |  | MacGregor, Alexander, leasee of the hotel | Client for 1910 engine house work |  | Ritchie or Campbell, Mrs Jane | Client for 19884, 1900 and 1906 additions |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | |  | Sinclair, Fiona J, ed | 1995 | Charles Wilson Architect 1810-1863: A Question of Style | | Glasgow: Park Circus Promotions, 1995 | p24 |  | Thomson, David | 1882 | Memoir of Charles Wilson | 13 March 1882 | Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 38822 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 38829 | Was the original terrace beside hotel but is now the Westbay Hotel |  | Oban | Oban Dean of Guild | | For Baird & Thomson, Cairns and Campbell work. Also for Ross & Mackintosh work. Also for 1910 Woulfe Brenan work |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Davidson Cairns: F no 2680 (box 10) |
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