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Wick Old Parish Church, High Street, Wick

A Category B Listed Building in Wick, Highland

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Latitude: 58.4441 / 58°26'38"N

Longitude: -3.0954 / 3°5'43"W

OS Eastings: 336153

OS Northings: 951162

OS Grid: ND361511

Mapcode National: GBR L6QD.W6M

Mapcode Global: WH6DN.F170

Plus Code: 9CCRCWV3+JR

Entry Name: Wick Old Parish Church, High Street, Wick

Listing Name: High Street, Wick Old Parish Church

Listing Date: 13 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388826

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42311

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Wick St Fergus
Wick, High Street, Wick Old Parish Church

ID on this website: 200388826

Location: Wick

County: Highland

Town: Wick

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

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Description

John Henry, Edinburgh: 1820-30. Gothic, simple wide quoined rectangle coursed dressed rubble, ashlar dressings, single stage tower to south-east with facetted spire gabled at base, 2 tiers blind panels above, string courses and stone waisted baluster finial. Corbelled pinnacles SE angles and at angles of corbelled crenellation, all now truncated. Slate roof. Spacious galleried interior.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. John Henry colleague James Cormack appointed contractor.

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