History in Structure

Burial Ground, St Laurence Parish Church, High Street, Forres

A Category B Listed Building in Forres, Moray

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6096 / 57°36'34"N

Longitude: -3.6151 / 3°36'54"W

OS Eastings: 303596

OS Northings: 858877

OS Grid: NJ035588

Mapcode National: GBR K8FM.4Q6

Mapcode Global: WH5H4.FZRT

Plus Code: 9C9RJ95M+RX

Entry Name: Burial Ground, St Laurence Parish Church, High Street, Forres

Listing Name: High Street, St Lawrence's Church, Gate Piers and Kirkyard Walls

Listing Date: 26 January 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 372962

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB31663

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200372962

Location: Forres

County: Moray

Town: Forres

Electoral Ward: Forres

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Cemetery

Find accommodation in
Forres

Description

John Robertson, 1903-6. Gothic. Orientated E/W; bull faced

rubble with finely tooled dressings of lighter stone, inside

and out. Entrance in E gable in recessed porch with large

decorated Gothic window over, small bell-cast spire to left

lit by long lancets and 3-stage tower to right surmounted by

pinnacles and steeple, with second entrance at base. Angle

buttresses. 5-bay flanks with lancets at lower course and

paired or triple lances within Gothic arches at upper level.

Buttresses with plain pinnacles. Apse to W with 3 long lancet

windows.

INTERIOR: Open panelled timber roofs; gallery (N) front with

Gothic decoration, divided by pillars; continuous gallery

front to W end, with shallow ogee front.

Stained glass to all windows at both upper and lower levels

to S elevation, and single window in Baptistry, by Douglas

Strachan. E and W windows by Percy C Bacon, circa 1920. Font

by Stewart McGlashan and Co, Edinburgh (copy of font at

Dryburgh Abbey in white marble). Octagonal pulpit of Caen

stone with reddish marble columns, by Hardman, Powell and Co, Birmingham. Holy table of similar stone with green marble

embellishments by Galbraith and Winton, Glasgow.

Later 18th century pair polished ashlar channelled corniced

gatepiers surmounted by ball finials. Linked by short dwarf

wall surmounted by spearheaded railings to flanking square

rough ashlar corniced piers. Rough ashlar wall with stone

cope.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

Built on site of previous St Lawrence Church(es). All S

elevation stained glass gifted by Sir Alexander and Lady

Grant of Logie Forres, 1939.

Former Item 47 (1983 Revised List)

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.