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Invergordon Free Church And Church Hall, Castle Road, Invergordon

A Category B Listed Building in Invergordon, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.69 / 57°41'23"N

Longitude: -4.1696 / 4°10'10"W

OS Eastings: 270757

OS Northings: 868752

OS Grid: NH707687

Mapcode National: GBR J82D.GSL

Mapcode Global: WH4FB.XZN5

Plus Code: 9C9QMRQJ+X5

Entry Name: Invergordon Free Church And Church Hall, Castle Road, Invergordon

Listing Name: Castle Road, Parish Church (Church of Scotland) and Church Hall.

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379518

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35072

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379518

Location: Invergordon

County: Highland

Town: Invergordon

Electoral Ward: Cromarty Firth

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Church building Church hall

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Description

Ross and Joass, 1859-61. Dated 1860. Gothic, symmetrical,

cruciform on plan; dominated by very tall spire in south

gable. Stugged, sneck coursed rubble, polished ashlar dressings.

Pointed headed recessed entrance in base of central, diagonally buttressed, square tower; Gothic window above with geometric

tracery; 3 louvred lancets in each face of 2nd stage, with

lucarnes in octagonal stone spire, terminating with weather

vane. Turret stair in SW angle.

3-bay flanks; SE and SW bays rising into gables with traceried

Gothic windows; paired lancets with alternating buttresses in

bays 2 and 3. NE and NW transepts with diagonal buttresses and

large Gothic windows detailed as before.

Church Hall, dated 1864, at north gable.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Formerly Free Church of Scotland. Architects appointed after

competition in which Ross and Joass, A.& W. Reid and James

Matthews took part. Spire over 140' high.

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