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St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose

A Category B Listed Building in Fortrose, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5796 / 57°34'46"N

Longitude: -4.1293 / 4°7'45"W

OS Eastings: 272772

OS Northings: 856394

OS Grid: NH727563

Mapcode National: GBR J85P.H75

Mapcode Global: WH4FY.JRW7

Plus Code: 9C9QHVHC+R7

Entry Name: St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose

Listing Name: Fortrose Academy Street, St Andrew's Episcopal Church

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 373137

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB31803

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Fortrose, Academy Street, St Andrew's Episcopal Church

ID on this website: 200373137

Location: Fortrose

County: Highland

Town: Fortrose

Electoral Ward: Black Isle

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

1823-8; additions and alterations, Ross & Macbeth, 1891, 1904,
Chancel, Ross & Macbeth, 1907, vestry dated 1913; Perpendicular,
ashlar. Originally simple ractangle of 4 buttressed bays, the
buttresses pinnacled, those at the angles being diagonally set
with crocketted pinnacles; windows containing timber tracery
and surmounted by hoodmoulds. The late 19th and early
20th-century alterations provided a semi-octagonal, pinnacled
buttressed apse at the east, a similar gabled baptistry at the
west, a gabled porch at the north-west and vestry at the
north-east. Slated roofs.
Interior, a re-casting of the late 19th/early 20th century;
wrought-iron chancel screen; stone screen to baptistry; stone
pulpit with stair-baluster of cast-iron and brass; stone
font; plain pews; stained glass at apse, porch, baptistry and
one south window, by Holt & Co, Warwick, early 20th-century.

Statement of Interest

Vestry dated at spandrel of door.

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