Description

William Robertson, 1823. Remodelled 1881. Restored 1971-73.
Classical facade with central Gibbsian steeple. Polished
ashlar with coursed rubble side elevation. Single storey with
5-bay facade to High Street (N); central advanced and
pedimented 3 bays with central door and flanking windows set
in round-arched panels, approached by shallow flight of
steps. Multi-pane glazing. Frieze, cornice, central pediment
and low parapet to outer bays. Central steeple with square
plinth, clock stage with angle pilasters, octagonal stage
above with louvred openings, slender facetted spire and
weather vane.
Pair early 19th century fluted stone piers on square bases
and with flat capitals supporting draped urns. Pair of cast-
iron gates. Low stone wall with cast-iron spearhead railings.

Statement of Interest

Endowed by Jonathan Anderson of Glasgow for education of

children from Forres, Rafford and Kinloss. 1926 School facing

to South Street not included.

Gatepiers probably re-used from elsewhere.

Former Item 60 (1983 Revised List)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826402

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)