Basic Site Details

Name: Evanton Filter Station
Town, district or village: Evanton
City or county: Ross and Cromarty
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE water supply for Easter Ross District and the Black Isle

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 17 April 1961 Completionbuilding consists of a filter room, a turbine room, a chemical store and mixing tanks for alum, soda and lime; raw water and filter water mains in reinforced concrete basement under filter and turbine rooms; five-room attendant's house part of scheme; external walls of station in Greenbrae stone from quarry at Burghead, Morayshire and roof tiles are Broughton Moor green slates; total cost of scheme was £30,000 per Builder pp651-652

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 4Babtie, Shaw & Morton  7 April 1961 plant engineers per Builder p652
Item 2 of 4George Peat  7 April 1961 County Water Engineer per Builder p651
Item 3 of 4Peter Shearer Leask  7 April 1961 as County Architect, per Builder p651
Item 4 of 4Robert William Fraser  7 April 1961 chief assistant architect

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Builder7 April 1961  'Evanton Filter Station for Ross and Cromarty County Council' pp651-652; exterior photo and ground floor plan p651; exterior photos of station and attendant's house and section of filter station p652