Monument record mhg56974 - Harbour House & WWI Victualling Store Offices - Shore Road, Invergordon

Harbour House, Shore Road, Invergordon. It was taken over by the Admiralty for use as victualling store offices during WWI.

The site was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. A building is shown at this location from the 1st edition OS map (surveyed 1872). A WWI Naval plan in private possession shows that it was taken over by the Admiralty, and used as Victualling Store Offices. On an Admiralty plan of 1921 (MPI 1/651/4), this building is labelled C.D's Offices. <1>

At least three versions of a WWI Naval plan survive, two in private collection which probably date to wartime, and one in the National Archives (MPI 1/641/4) which dates to 1921. On all three the buildings taken over or built by the Navy are shaded, but there are a few discrepancies between the plans. One of the plans in private collection has enlarged details, but only shows the Admiralty buildings and not others in the town. Valuation Rolls also indicate some buildings not shaded on our plans were taken over by the military. It is clear from contemporary photographs that the army built additional buildings, particularly north of Cromlet Drive. <2>