Black Stairs Wick

Perhaps the steps about 5 feet wide were too congested and they decided to use the slope and widen the steps to allow for the increasing foot traffic from lower to upper Pulteneytown.

Black stairs wick. His painting of the Black Stairs sold at auction a few years ago for nearly a million quid. See why it was listed view it on a map see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Lowry who grew up in Salford was famous for his matchstick figure art and was a regular visitor to Scotland.

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1987 likes 33 talking about this 17 were here. Steps at Wick was painted in 1936 and shows the Black Stairs in Wicks Pulteneytown area. Classification Steps Period Unassigned Canmore ID 228953.

1706 likes 1 talking about this 426 were here. The primary four youngsters from Noss Primary School stopped off at the Black Stairs and arranged themselves in a similar way to figures who were depicted at the steps by L S Lowry in 1937. Based in Wick Caithness McAllans are a well established family firm with a long tradition of wearing and supplying kilts sporrans jackets tartans and highland wear.

Auctioneers Bonhams said it was the first time in years that. Auctioneers Bonhams said it was the first time in years that. The Steps at Wick could sell for 500000 to 800000.

The Blackstairs would have become abusy place as Pulteneytonw and Wick grew into the Herring capital of the country and the town fathers must have decided awider set of steps was needed. Lowry is best known for his depictions of working-class life and industrial scenes in his native north-west England he visited Caithness in the 1930s. Their name The Black Stairs appears to be a local popular one as it does not feature in Telfords plan.