Basic Site Details
| Name: | Stornoway Town Improvement Scheme |
| Town, district or village: | Stornoway |
| Island: | Lewis |
| City or county: | Ross and Cromarty |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | This relates to the involvement of W H Lever (Lord Leverhulme) in proposed improvements at Stornoway. Lever became a significant patron of Davison’s work commissioning drawings of Port Sunlight as well aspurchasing some none or semi-architectural drawings. The Stornoway scheme may also have involved James Lomax-Simpson and Thomas Mawson who by this stage had also become something of a Town Planner (Lever and Mawson were both involved in a scheme for Bolton Civic Centre). Designs by Thomas Mawson include fish factory for Lord Leverhulme (unexecuted), garden works etc |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
 | 1920 | Sketch | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Thomas Hayton Mawson | 1918 | 1920 | Designs for new town including castle | ||
| James Lomax-Simpson | 1920 | ||||
| Thomas Raffles Davison | 1920 | ||||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Leverhulme, Lord (W H Lever) | Owner of the island |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Academy Architecture | 1921 | Volume 52 | p7 | ||
| Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | Penguin Books | p637 | |
| Waymark, Janet | 2009 | Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscape | Frances Lincoln Ltd. London | p236 and 83 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | Sent September 2009 | |