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Latitude: 57.5831 / 57°34'59"N
Longitude: -3.8705 / 3°52'13"W
OS Eastings: 288259
OS Northings: 856322
OS Grid: NH882563
Mapcode National: GBR J8TP.7S7
Mapcode Global: WH4G2.JN4L
Plus Code: 9C9RH4MH+6R
Entry Name: The High Church And Church Hall, High Street, Nairn
Listing Name: High Street, St Ninian`s Church and Parish Hall
Listing Date: 12 March 1981
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 383808
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38442
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: St Ninian's Church, Nairn
ID on this website: 200383808
Location: Nairn
County: Highland
Town: Nairn
Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor
Traditional County: Nairnshire
Tagged with: Church building Church hall
A Maitland and Sons, Tain 1880/82. Early French Gothic.
Designed to give appearance of nave and aisles; tall 3-stage
tower and spire.
West front: buttressed, gabled entrance, pair of recessed
doors with nook shafts and trumeau, cusped heads under
pointed arch; 2 geometric traceried windows above, central
rose window in gable. Tower with stepped angle buttresses
terminating as octagonal pinnacles; lancet windows,
decorative clock stage, tall louvred lancets to belfry,
facetted spire with 4 lucarnes. 6 bay buttressed nave with
gallery stair projection at S.W., and gabled eastern bay.
All stugged and coursed rubble with polished ashlar
dressings; decorative corbel course; slate roof. Interior:
original pine fittings; raised pulpit to east against
panelled organ case, with flanking balusters. Gallery 3 sides
of interior wit Gothic panelling, supported by brackets,
carried on cast-iron columns with stiff leaf capitals.
Fretted and billet moulded cornice; thin king post roof.
Parish Hall: rectangular, 4 bay, linked to church by broad
passage. Triple lancets to north and south gables. Small
outshot porch to east. Stugged and coursed rubble with ashlar
dressings as Church.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Formerly United Free
Church. 3 fine 19th century chairs (for Provost) with eagle
headed arms, carved backs and cane seats.
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