Castle Street (West Side)

Opportunities

• Prominent site in the city centre.
• Close to the present site of the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (IMAG).
• Opportunity to restore damage to historic townscape.
• Potential for high visibility and entrance from street level.
• Potential for linking with and reinvigorating the historic spaces within the Town House in the longer term.
• Potential for naturally lit galleries.
• Potential to link at the higher level with the castle esplanade.

Constraints

• Ground conditions / retaining bank to esplanade may pose technical difficulties.
• High likelihood of encountering archaeology.
• Possible difficulties of access for commercial vehicles.
• Sloping site – a challenge to designers (and, equally, an opportunity).
• Expansion restricted.
• Loss of car park.