Gaelic Church, Church Street, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1971. Church. 6 related planning applications.

Gaelic Church, Church Street, Inverness

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NH 664 455
Coordinates
57.48015, -4.2286
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Gaelic Church on Church Street in Inverness was built between 1792 and 1793, with alterations made by James Smith in 1822 and further modifications by Matthews and Lawrie from 1885 to 1887. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with droved ashlar dressings. Its six-bay front facing Church Street features tall round-arched windows that have keyblocks and imposts, which contain timber loop tracery. The window openings at the end bays extend down to form corniced doorpieces, and the church has rusticated quoins at its angles. The interior was completely redesigned between 1885 and 1887 and underwent additional alterations in 1936. Notably, it houses a pulpit dating back to 1668.

Local climate

Gaelic Church, Church Street, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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.

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