Colonsay Hotel Explained

Colonsay Hotel
Coordinates:56.0689°N -6.1964°W
Former Names:Colonsay Inn
Location City:Scalasaig, Colonsay
Location Country:Scotland
Start Date:1750
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Designation1:Scotland Category B
Designation1 Date:20 July 1971

Colonsay Hotel is a Category B listed[1] building in Scalasaig, Colonsay in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland.

History and architecture

The building dates from c. 1750[2] but was later extended around 1804 by Michael Carmichael. It was later extended again in 1890. The chalet block was added in 1987 by the architect John Fox of Edinburgh.

Formerly known as the Colonsay Inn, it became the Colonsay Hotel in the mid-1880s when the proprietor was Donald McNeill.

From the mid 1978 to 1998 the hotel was run by Kevin and Christa Byrne and in 1988 received three merit awards from the Automobile Association.[3]

In 2005 it was brought back into the Colonsay Estate by Alex and Jane Howard and then in 2021 it was put up for sale at an asking price of £650,000.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colonsay Hotel Scalasaig . Historic Scotland . 2023-09-11.
  2. Book: Walker, Frank Arneil . 2005 . The Buildings of Scotland. Argyll and Bute . Yale University Press . 505 . 9780300096705.
  3. News: . Colonsay Hotel award . Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser . Scotland . 27 October 1988 . 11 September 2023 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  4. News: Murphy . Sean . 12 March 2021 . Couple needed to run only pub and hotel on Scotland's 'Sunshine Island' . Edinburghlive . 11 September 2023.