Lewis, Stornoway, Lews Castle, Sea Gate Lodge — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Sea Gate Lodge stands at Stornoway as a nineteenth-century gate lodge, its stones marking the threshold to Lews Castle rather than the castle itself. It is the kind of small building that does most of the work: defining entry, shaping approach, and forcing a person to slow down before the larger place reveals itself. Much of Lewis remembers through these edges, where a road becomes a route and a route becomes a story.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lewis, Stornoway, Lews Castle, Sea Gate Lodge as Gate Lodge (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Lews Castle in Stornoway, Lewis, was built in the late 19th century by Sir James Matheson, a Scottish banker and former owner of the Isle of Lewis. It is important as a prominent example of Victorian architecture in the Western Isles and as a symbol of the historical connection between the island and the Matheson family.

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