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Kilmore Parish Church Of Scotland, Drumnadrochit

A Category B Listed Building in Aird and Loch Ness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.3308 / 57°19'50"N

Longitude: -4.478 / 4°28'40"W

OS Eastings: 250915

OS Northings: 829409

OS Grid: NH509294

Mapcode National: GBR H99B.ZF8

Mapcode Global: WH3G0.50VH

Plus Code: 9C9Q8GJC+8Q

Entry Name: Kilmore Parish Church Of Scotland, Drumnadrochit

Listing Name: Drumnadrochit, Kilmore Parish Church of Scotland and Burial Ground

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348514

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15011

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Urquhart and Glenmoriston Parish Church
Drumnadrochit, Kilmore Parish Church Of Scotland

ID on this website: 200348514

Location: Urquhart and Glenmoriston

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness

Parish: Urquhart And Glenmoriston

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

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Description

William Robertson, architect, Elgin 1836; tall, rectangular
church orientated E-W. Harled with tooled ashlar margins.
Pointed-headed entrance in centre of W gable with similarly
lintelled gallery window above and flanked by long roundheaded
blind windows. Symmetrical 4-bay long elevations, long windows
with 4-centred heads and simple Y-tracery; similar, though
wider, window in E gable, partially blocked at base by
Minister's porch and vestry. Decorative lattice-pane glazing.
Bellcote with Gothic detailing and stiff leaf decoration to
finial surmounts W gable; simple square finial at E gable
apex; crowsteps; slate roof.
Interior; galleried interior; gallery to 3 sides with plain
(later) front supported by painted cast-iron cluster columns;
late 19th century Minister's dais reach by short stair; pews
1958 brought from elsewhere some mural memorials and stained
glass in E window. Unusual scissor braced roof, church bell of
1780. Burial ground; drystone wall encloses burial ground
surrounding church.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. A similar design was submitted by Robertson for Gamrie Parish

Church in Banffshire

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