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St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie

A Category B Listed Building in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.2824 / 57°16'56"N

Longitude: -5.5117 / 5°30'41"W

OS Eastings: 188439

OS Northings: 826764

OS Grid: NG884267

Mapcode National: GBR D9SG.S58

Mapcode Global: WH0B9.97N3

Plus Code: 9C9P7FJQ+W8

Entry Name: St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie

Listing Name: Dornie St Duthac's Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339032

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7208

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339032

Location: Kintail

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Parish: Kintail

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

J A Hansom, 1871. Simple Gothic church with nave and chancel.
Rubble tooled dressings. 5 bay nave with lancets and gabled
porch at NW. Single bay chancel with geometrical tracery
window in east wall, paired cusped lights in south wall;
bellcote with paired bells at west gable apex; slate roof.
Single storey gabled vestry at NE with entrance facing
presbytery porch.
Interior: stone Gothic reredos with polished granite shafts;
similar columns support altar; paired cusped niche lit by
window in south wall. Demi-ocatagonal stone pulpit in chancel
arch angle; simple braced rafter roof Presbytery;
asymmetrical 2 storey, 2 bay gabled house; coursed rubble
with painted stone margins; mullioned and transomed windows;
projecting gabled porch with doorway giving on to vestry;
2-pane glazing; corniced end stacks; slate roof.

Statement of Interest

In 18th century strong RC element in parish; priest, but no

church, in parish by 1793.

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