- Publisher: Birlinn
- Year: 2025
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 232x155mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781839830716
- Product code: 541427
Lost Inverness
New Paperback Illustrated
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Using sources including the writings of Captain Edmund Burt, who was stationed in Inverness as part of the military road building of the 1730s; the late 19th-century paintings of Pierre Delavault; and images held at the Highland Photographic Archive, Norman S Newton explores the city’s architectural history, showing how it underwent dramatic changes during the Victorian era and again in the 1960s.
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Featuring many images which have never before been published, this book explores the lost architectural heritage of the capital of the Highlands. The list of vanished buildings and streets is a long one. The medieval town was gutted by our mid-Victorian ancestors in a frenzy of redevelopment, but in the process many fine public buildings were created.
Sadly, the post-war 'improvements' in the town centre, especially in the 1960s, have left an unfortunate legacy of architectural blight. However many fascinating old photographs and drawings survive, allowing us to celebrate much of what has been lost. This book draws on the resources of Highland archives, libraries and museums to create a memorable record of a missing urban landscape, from the speculative sites of Pictish forts and Macbeth's castle, to Queen Mary's House and the old suspension bridge below Inverness Castle, itself blown up by the Jacobites in 1746 and replaced by the 1830s prison and courthouse.
Sadly, the post-war 'improvements' in the town centre, especially in the 1960s, have left an unfortunate legacy of architectural blight. However many fascinating old photographs and drawings survive, allowing us to celebrate much of what has been lost. This book draws on the resources of Highland archives, libraries and museums to create a memorable record of a missing urban landscape, from the speculative sites of Pictish forts and Macbeth's castle, to Queen Mary's House and the old suspension bridge below Inverness Castle, itself blown up by the Jacobites in 1746 and replaced by the 1830s prison and courthouse.
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<p>Using sources including the writings of Captain Edmund Burt, who was stationed in Inverness as part of the military road building of the 1730s; the late 19th-century paintings of Pierre Delavault; and images held at the Highland Photographic Archive, Norman S Newton explores the city’s architectural history, showing how it underwent dramatic changes during the Victorian era and again in the 1960s.</p>
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