drawing of no 7 west port lanark by ronnie cruwys

1 – 43 West Port, Lanark

West Port, Lanark is the sixth drawing in my Lanark street series. Lanark had four town gates: West Port, East Port, Wellgate and Castlegate. The gate that once stood at West Port has long gone having been demolished in the late 1700s.  This is the main route into town when travelling from the north-west.

drawing of west port lanark by artist ronnie cruwys
No 1 West Port, Lanark

Starting off here with No 1 West Port, the building closest to the town which sits on the corner of Friar’s Lane – which once led down to a medieval Franciscan friary.

artwork of West Port bed and breakfast Lanark by ronnie cruwys
‘The West Port’, No 5, Bed and Breakfast

The ‘West Port’ is a bed and breakfast which will hopefully be able to reopen soon following the lock-down.

drawing of no 7 west port lanark by ronnie cruwys
No 7 West Port, Lanark

Listed grade C, this early 19th century house is a splash of colour in summer.

no 9, 11 and 13 west port lanark, artwork by ronnie cruwys
9, 11 and 13 West Port, Lanark

Another early 19th century building but this one is  category B listed. There is a clear photograph of this building taken around 1976 here.

Mucky Paws, drawing by ronnie cruwys
Mucky Paws, No 15 West Port

The letter box standing outside no 15 is a clue to one of the former occupants of this building – it used to be Lanark’s Post Office.

pen and ink drawing of Naz Turkish Barber Lanark
17 and 19 West Port, Naz the Turkish Barber
drawing of 21 and 23 West Port Lanark
23 and 25 West Port Lanark
7-West-Port-Lanark-police-station-ronnie-cruwys
Lanark Police Station
8-West-Port-Lanark-ronnie-cruwys
Nos 35 and 37 West Port Lanark

Another category C listed building, built in the mid-19th century.

EU Congregational kirk lanark
EU Congregational Kirk, West Port Lanark
pen and ink drawing west port lanark
41 and 43 West Port Lanark

To see the drawing as a whole, please visit my main website here. Limited edition prints are available from my website and Lanark Tolbooth  as soon as it re-opens.

Thanks for reading and I welcome any comments or insights into the history of these streets.

Ronnie

Comments

2 responses to “1 – 43 West Port, Lanark”

  1. Alan Marshall Avatar
    Alan Marshall

    Hello Ronnie. Love from drawings of Lanark. Do you have any that show number 40 Westport where I lived for 18 years?

    1. ronniecruwys Avatar

      Hello Alan, Thanks for your kind words! I’m sorry that I haven’t got anything sketched of your side of the street. You must have had a nice view from there! Thanks for taking the time to get in touch:-)
      Best wishes
      Ronnie

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: