Free Church, Fassifern Road, Fort William

The Free Church on Fassifern Road in Fort William was designed by Sydney Mitchell in 1890. It is a plain rectangular church situated on a steeply sloping site, oriented east-west. The exterior is constructed from sneck coursed bullfaced rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The lower aisle is aligned to the north elevation and ends at a substantial square two-stage tower located at the northwest corner.

At the west gable, there is a square entrance porch featuring a pointed-headed entrance and a crenellated wallhead. The church is illuminated by three paired pointed-headed lancets with Y-tracery in the west gable, a five-light Y-traceried window in the east gable, and four pointed-headed windows in the north and south elevations. The north elevation has a prominent raised basement front, which is lit by two wide Y-traceried windows and is fronted by a large modern flat-roofed projecting hall on stilt foundations. The windows feature lattice glazing.

The two-stage square tower at the northwest is lit by a single hoodmoulded pointed-headed window on the north and west sides, with paired louvred lancets on each face of the upper stage linked by a cill band. The tower has a crenellated wallhead with stumpy angle finials and a squat pyramidal roof topped with an apex weathervane. The church is covered with slate roofs.

Inside, the aisle is divided by slender octagonal wooden columns with paired brackets that spring from the capitals. The shallow braced ceiling features compartments decorated with stars. The interior includes simple pews and a gallery at the west end.