Basic Site Details
| Name: | Premises, George Street and Argyll Street |
| Town, district or village: | Oban |
| City or county: | Argyll |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Argyll Mansions | Yes | |
| Highland Tweed Warehouse | Yes | |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 5, Argyll Street | Yes | |
| 46, George Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1896 | Connecting stair and alterations | ||
| 1901 | Workshop | ||
| 1901 | Alterations to roof of workshop used by James Hutton, shoemaker | ||
| 1905 | 1907 | Major rebuilding: conversion of old premises into shop and tenement 'in progress' in 1905 | |
| 1912 | Conversion of store room into tweed room and additional office accommodation | ||
| 1916 | Internal alterations | ||
| 1925 | New saloon | ||
| 1926 | Alterations to shopfront and erect arcade | ||
| 1928 | Alterations to shop front | ||
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 | |
| Alexander Shairp | G | 1896 | Connecting stair and alterations | ||
| Alexander Shairp | H | 1901 | Workshop | ||
| Alexander Shairp | I | 1901 | Alterations to roof of workshop used by James Hutton, shoemaker | ||
| Leiper & McNab | D | 1905 | 1907 | Major rebuilding: conversion of old premises into shop and tenement 'in progress' in 1905 | |
| William Hunter McNab | D | 1905 | 1907 | Major rebuilding: conversion of old premises into shop and tenement 'in progress' in 1905 - carried out as joint architect with Leiper | |
| William Leiper | D | 1905 | 1907 | Major rebuilding: conversion of old premises into shop and tenement 'in progress' in 1905 - carried out as joint architect with McNab | |
| James Grewar Falconer | A | 1912 | Conversion of store room into tweed room and additional office accommodation | ||
| Leiper & McNab | E | 1916 | Internal alterations (McNab practising alone) | ||
| William Hunter McNab | E | 1916 | Internal alterations | ||
| William Hunter McNab | F | 1925 | New saloon | ||
| Lake Falconer (junior) | B | 1926 | Alter shopfront and erect arcade | ||
| Lake Falconer (junior) | C | 1928 | Alterations to shopfront | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Chalmers, William, Draper and Tweed Merchant | For all phases |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | p416 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 38843 | |
| Oban | Oban Dean of Guild | For all phases of work (BO/29) | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | William Hunter McNab: F v 17 p140 no 1166 | |