Presbytery, St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.

Presbytery, St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie

WRENN ID
salt-chancel-merlin
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
OS grid reference
NG 884 267
Coordinates
57.28252, -5.51175
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Roman Catholic Chapel of St Duthuc and its presbytery were designed by J A Hansom in 1871. A strong Roman Catholic presence existed within the parish by the 18th century, with a priest serving the area by 1793 but lacking a dedicated church building.

The chapel is a simple Gothic structure comprising a nave and chancel. It is built of rubble with tooled dressings. The nave has five bays, each with a lancet window, and a gabled porch at the northwest. The chancel is single bayed, with a geometrical tracery window in the east wall and paired cusped lights in the south wall. A bellcote with paired bells sits at the apex of the west gable, and the roof is slate-covered. Inside, a stone Gothic reredos with polished granite shafts forms a prominent feature. Further stone columns support the altar, and paired cusped lights illuminate a niche in the south wall. A demi-octagonal stone pulpit is set within the chancel arch, and the roof is a simple braced rafter design.

The presbytery is an asymmetrical, two-storey, two-bay gabled house. It is constructed of coursed rubble with painted stone margins, mullioned and transomed windows, and 2-pane glazing. A projecting gabled porch provides access to both the main house and the chapel vestry. Corniced end stacks rise from the roof, which is slate-covered. A single-storey gabled vestry adjoins the presbytery, with its entrance facing the chapel porch.

Local climate

Presbytery, St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. St Duthuc's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dornie Grade B 21 m
  2. Slipway, Ardelve Grade B 691 m
  3. Eilean Donan Castle Grade A 996 m
  4. 12 Lower Ardelve, Ardelve Grade A 1.0 km
  5. Slipway, Ferry House, Totaig Grade B 1.6 km
  6. Ferry House, Totaig Grade B 1.7 km
  7. Poor House, Auchtertyre Grade C 4.4 km
  8. Barn, Steading, Auchtertyre Grade C 4.8 km
  9. Steading, Auchtertyre Grade C 4.8 km
  10. Glenshiel Manse Grade B 4.9 km