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Free Church Manse, Kennedy Avenue, Dornoch

A Category B Listed Building in Dornoch, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.8792 / 57°52'44"N

Longitude: -4.0244 / 4°1'27"W

OS Eastings: 280041

OS Northings: 889540

OS Grid: NH800895

Mapcode National: GBR J7FW.WTS

Mapcode Global: WH4DN.47W3

Plus Code: 9C9QVXHG+M6

Entry Name: Free Church Manse, Kennedy Avenue, Dornoch

Listing Name: Kennedy Avenue Links House

Listing Date: 7 March 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360676

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24649

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dornoch, Kennedy Avenue, Free Church Manse

ID on this website: 200360676

Location: Dornoch

County: Highland

Town: Dornoch

Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton

Traditional County: Sutherland

Tagged with: Manse

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Description

James Raeburn, architect, circa 1843; 2-storey 3-bay house
with centre door masked by later square projecting porch.
Coursed tooled rubble, rubble flanks and rear, ashlar
dressings. Wide angle pilasters; tall ground floor windows;
cill band to 1st floor; moulded architraves to centre 1st
floor window; 12-pane glazing; moulded eaves cornice,
blocking course with rounded end dies. Shallow projecting
wing to rear, with later blocking course with rounded end
dies. Shallow projecting wing to rear, with later 2-storey,
2-bay addition. Paired corniced ridge stacks with original
square cans; shallow piended slate roof.
Low coped retaining wall with cast-iron spearhead railings;
square tooled ashlar end and gate piers with pyramidal caps
and ball finials; rubble garden wall.

Statement of Interest

Former Free Church Manse. First two Free Church ministers of

Dornoch named Kennedy. Unfortunate modern cement pointing.

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