Basic Site Details Name: | Town Steeple and Court House | Town, district or village: | Inverness | City or county: | Inverness-shire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Townhouse | | | | Courthouse | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1787 | 1789 | Build/construction | Main part of building | | 1789 | 1791 | Build/construction | Steeple |
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 | | James McLeran | | B | 1787 | 1788 | Was paid 10 guineas in connection with the building of the courthouse and jail. Not repsonsible for the steeple later built to the designs of Laing. | | Alexander Laing | | A | 1789 | 1791 | Steeple |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Barron, Eveline (ed.) | 1967 | Old Inverness | | | | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Highland Archives | Inverness Burgh Records | 1/2/1/2 | Accounts 1787-1822 | | Highland Archives, Inverness | Highland Court Archives | PA/1B/1D/35 | Per Mr J S Brennan |
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