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 | | | 1862 | 1863 | In hand at death | | Alexander Ross | | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall | | David Mackintosh or Macintosh | | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall | | Ross & Mackintosh | | B | 1884 | | Additions to dining hall | | Baird & Thomson | | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) | | James Baird Thomson | | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) | | James Thomson | | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) | | William Aitken Thomson | | C | 1900 | | Alterations and installation of lift (with electric motor house at rear of hotel) | | James Cairns | | | 1906 | | Scullery at rear added | | James Davidson Cairns | | | After 1908 | Before 1928 | Large public garage added | | George Woulfe Brenan | | | 1910 | | Extension for gas plant at Engine House of Great Western Hotel, and internal alterations | | Robert Whitelaw Campbell | | | 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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