St Mary's Roman Catholic Church And Manse, Academy Street, Nairn

Original building 1864. Extension, John Robertson, 1901. Small

and simple rectangular plan with apse and porch to south-west;

2 storey 2 bay manse adjoining at north-west. Coursed rubble with stugged ashlar dressings.

Church: triple lancet window to Academy Street gable; crowstepped

porch at south-west; crowstepped gables to church with apex cross;

slate roof.

Simple interior: braced rafters to apse supporting timber ceiling

all painted. Painted snecked rubble walls. Pale marble steps to

apse with green marble risers; green and cream marble altar.

Reginald Fairlie, 1952, designed oak reredos and altar canopy;

Gothic detailing gilded. Manse; simply detailed with door and

window in ground floor, 2 windows in 1st floor with wall-head crowstepped gables; slate roof.