High Kirk Of Rothesay, Rothesay, Bute

Robertson Buchanan, Rothesay, 1796; later additions 1906. Near-rectangular-plan 2-storey, 3- by 4-bay church with single bay projections to N (entrance 1796) and E (entrance from 1906). Predominantly harled; red ashlar dressings; polished sandstone margins. Raised base course; moulded eaves. Round-arched windows inset within square-headed surrounds. Pitched single storey, 2-bay random rubble outbuilding to E.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Pedimented 2-storey wing advanced at centre; tripartite timber panelled door at ground; surrounding pedimented doorpiece; pilastered quadripartite glazing row centred beneath apex at 1st floor; architraved cill; cornice. Single windows recessed at ground flanking entrance; round-arched windows at 1st floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Pedimented single storey addition advanced at centre; tripartite window at ground. Single windows recessed at ground flanking projection; round-arched windows in all bays at 1st floor centred beneath pediment; timber bracketed bell-hood at 1st floor off-set to left of centre (bell missing).

W (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right (central bay infilled). Round-arched windows in all bays at 1st floor.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay with 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground. Full-height round-arched windows flanking entrance; single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; round-arched windows aligned above.

Predominantly 12- and 15-pane timber casement glazing; decorative stained glass at sides and rear; opaque glazing to remaining openings. Graded grey slate piended roof.

INTERIOR: recast 1906. Timber panelled dado to side entrance; timber panelled doors. Main hall running E-W; boarded timber dado; timber pews; painted Corinthian columns supporting timber panelled gallery to N, E and S; plaster cornice; 2-tiered chandelier (circa 1800) centred beneath foliate ceiling rose; decorative circular vents. Stair to raised polygonal pulpit to W comprising arcaded base, decorative timber panelling, pilastered divisions; corniced timber backdrop; flanking polygonal organ casings

OUTBUILDING, W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: boarded timber door at ground in bay to outer right. N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews.

GRAVEYARD: interesting variety of gravestones to E, S and W.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: stepped coped random rubble wall to High Street; square-plan sandstone gatepiers, raised base course, pyramidal caps. Decorative cast-iron railings between piers; 2-leaf entrance gates.