Driveway Bridge, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1993. Bridge.

Driveway Bridge, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID: grim-flagstone-curlew
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 1 February 1993
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Driveway bridge, like to be by Charles Wilson as part of the work done at Lews Castle for Sir James Matheson, who acquired the estate in 1844; though (much less probably) it may be earlier, and built for the Seaforth MacKenzies. Ambitious-scale, large single segmental arch, rubble wih rock-faced ashlar voussoirs and abutment buttresses. Band course on upper part of stonework defines parapets, these topped by spiked wrought-iron railings.

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