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Town Steeple, 2 Bridge Street, Inverness

A Category A Listed Building in Inverness Central, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4775 / 57°28'39"N

Longitude: -4.2256 / 4°13'32"W

OS Eastings: 266647

OS Northings: 845218

OS Grid: NH666452

Mapcode National: GBR H8YY.TBN

Mapcode Global: WH4GH.293Z

Plus Code: 9C9QFQHF+2Q

Entry Name: Town Steeple, 2 Bridge Street, Inverness

Listing Name: 2 Bridge Street and Church Street, Town Steeple

Listing Date: 21 May 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379677

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35153

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379677

Location: Inverness

County: Highland

Town: Inverness

Electoral Ward: Inverness Central

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

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Description

Alexander Laing following design by William Sibbald, 1791.
Classic square-plan, ashlar. 3-storey tower,
round-arched openings to Bridge Street ground floor,
Venetian windows with blind centre light and apron in Bridge
Street and Church Street fronts at 1st floor, round-arched
window rising into open pediment on each front, at 2nd
floor, 1st floor band course. Lower belfry stage, Doric
pilasters at angles and framing round-headed keyblocked
louvred openings, with subsidiary anta pilastrade threaded
through entablature. Clock stage, at each front clock face
beneath swag and broken pediment advances from panelled
angle piers surmounted by swagged urns. Upper belfry stage
octagonal with Ionic angle pilasters N, S, W, and E
fronts having single round-headed openings, NE, NW, SE and SW
fronts containing 2-storey blind openings, corniced at lower
storey. Octagonal base to spire with blind vents. Octagonal
spire surmounted by ball and weathercock.

Statement of Interest

A group with 4-14 Bridge Street. The design was furnished by

Alexander Laing who supervised the building but the authorship

of the design is credited in THE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT (1793)

to Sibbald.

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