Lews Castle
📍 Western Isles, Scotland
About
Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade. It was designed by the Glasgow architect Charles Wilson.
Built 1844-51 for Sir James Matheson, who purchased the entire Isle of Lewis with wealth from the Chinese opium trade. Set in 600 acres of woodland — remarkable for the treeless Hebrides. Lord Leverhulme gifted it to the people of Stornoway in 1923. Served as a WWII hospital, then fell into disrepair. Restored and reopened in 2016 as Museum nan Eilean.
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