Laundry Block, Seaview Terrace, Fort William

Single-storey; centralised square plan containing 4 units each with flue which combine at centre in diagonally set brick stack with 4 chimney cans. 2 bipartites on NW and SE elevations; 2 doors on SW and NE elevations. Similar polychrome brick banding. Slate roof; stack set above louvred apex vent.

Built as a laundry building to service the adjacent polychrome brick terrace that were probably built as railway workers' housing as part of the West Highland Railway, the Helensburgh to Fort William line opening in 1894. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

December 1999: External inspection reveals the laundry to be vacant and deteriorating. April 2000: No change reported.

September 2010: Site visit finds that the building remains disused. The windows are boarded up and it is lightly graffities. A few slates have gone from the roof.

28 May 2013: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit.

22 February 2018: External inspection finds the building continues to slowly decline - condition moved from fair to poor.

22 February 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains At-Risk.