Basic Site Details

Name: Stornoway War Memorial
Town, district or village: Stornoway
Island: Lewis
City or county: Ross and Cromarty
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
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Notes: This relates to the involvement of W H Lever (Lord Leverhulme) in proposed improvements at Stornoway. Lever became a significant patron of Davison’s work commissioning drawings of Port Sunlight as well as purchasing some none or semi-architectural drawings.

The Stornoway scheme also have involved Thomas Mawson as a Town Planner ( Lever and Mawson were both involved in a scheme for Bolton Civic centre).

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 11927   

People

Design and Construction

The 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 1Thomas Raffles Davison  1927 In conjunction with Viscount Leverhulme

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1BuilderLate 1927CCXXIII p927

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 1Courtesy of Neil DarlingtonInformation sent via DSA website Sent September 2009