View of Inverness from Huntly Street  ..

View of Inverness from Huntly Street ..

ID: QZP40_CARD_0147 DESCRIPTION: View of Inverness, from Huntly Street. To the far left is the Free High Church, now St. Columba's. Situated on the site of an old brewery, it was built between 1851 and 1852 to a Perpendicular Gothic design by MacKenzie and Mathews. It was badly damaged by fire in 1939 but was restored between 1948 and 1953. In the centre of the photograph is Inverness Town Steeple, built in 1791. To the far right is Inverness Castle.The present sandstone buildings were erected in 1833-36 to a plan by William Burn of Edinburgh but the site has been occupied by various fortified structures since as far back as the 1100s. Today the castle serves as an administrative centre and courthouse PLACENAME: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 32042 KEYWORDS: