Lochbroom Parish Church, Inverbroom is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Lochbroom Parish Church, Inverbroom
- WRENN ID
- woven-plinth-swallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Lochbroom Parish Church, located in Inverbroom, was built in 1817. It underwent repairs in 1832 and further alterations by Matthews and Laurie in 1878. The church is a plain, two-storey, rectangular building with three-bay flanks. The east gable features a central round-headed entrance with a hoodmould, approached by a ramp, flanked by windows, and with a bipartite window above. A bellcote sits atop the apex of the east gable, likely added in 1878. The fenestration is symmetrical, with three tall ground-floor windows on each flank, mirrored by smaller gallery windows above. A small gabled vestry is located to the rear, with a secondary entrance.
Inside, original fittings remain. A long gallery, with a panelled front filling three sides, is supported by chamfered, square wooden pilasters. Pews line the side aisles, and the centre of the church is filled with two long communion tables within long, parallel panelled box pews. A simple, five-sided, panelled pulpit stands against the west gable wall, featuring a reeded, pilastered, and panelled backboard with flanking doors. The gallery has been sealed off, and the east end of the church has been partitioned. A memorial tablet commemorates Sir John Fowler (1817-1898) of Breamore, Engineer in Chief of the Forth Bridge.
The church is set within a burial ground enclosed by rubble walls, containing 18th, 19th, and 20th century tombs. There is a burial enclosure with memorial tablets to Kenneth Mackenzie of Dundonnel (died 1732) and Alexander Mackenzie of Ballon(e) of Tarbat Parish (died 1724). Some upstanding walling may be remnants of an earlier church. The ecclesiastical building remains in use as a place of worship.
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