Building record MHG22394 - Mallaig Station
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6756 9705 (22m by 19m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM69NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GLENELG |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
(Location cited as NM 675 970). Mallaig Station, built 1901 by the West Highland Extension Rly. An island-platform terminal station with a glazed girder-framed overall roof supported on a rubble wall, and cast-iron columns. There is an attractive two-storey rubble station building with a dwelling house on the upper floor. Curiously, the booking office is in a detached brick building. The other significant railway structures here are a single-road, eight-bay locomotive shed, with three separate louvred roof ventilators, now a fish-box store; a wooden signal box, and two blocks of railway housing. <1>
This station is the northern terminus of the Fort William (Mallaig Junction) - Mallaig line (the 'West Highland extension') of the former North British Rly. <2>
Opened 1.4.1901 (WHR)
The building was added to the Statutory List at Category B in in August 1996, but was subsequently downgraded to Category C(S) in September 1996.
A basic photographic record of the building was produced by IDP Architects in 2014 as a condition of a planning application for internal refurbishment. <3>
For adjacent harbour, see NM69NE 11. For Mallaig, Railway Houses (NM 6748 9687), see NM69NE 16.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG2868 Text/Publication/Volume: Thomas and Turnock, J and D. 1989. The north of Scotland. 278-81.
- --- SHG2872 Text/Publication/Volume: Thomas, J. 1969. The North British railway. vol. 21, 113-14.
- --- SHG2874 Text/Publication/Volume: Thomas, J. 1976. The West Highland railway. 2nd ed.. 97.
- <1> SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 204.
- <2> SHG2009 Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, R V J. 1995. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 153.
- <3> SHG26593 Image/Photograph(s): IDP Architects. 2014. Photographic Survey - Mallaig Railway Station, Station Road, Mallaig. Colour. Digital.
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Record last edited
Sep 4 2015 4:56PM
