Free Church, Glenurquhart is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church.
Free Church, Glenurquhart
- WRENN ID
- dim-basalt-dew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NH 490 303
- Coordinates
- 57.33876, -4.50954
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Free Church in Glenurquhart, dated 1844, is a simple rectangular building that was reduced in height following fire damage around 1960 and subsequent restoration. The exterior is harled, featuring contrasting striated red sandstone ashlar margins. The south elevation is symmetrical with six bays, including square-headed entrances in the outer bays and four regularly spaced pointed-headed windows with blocked imposts. Similar windows are found on the north elevation and at the center of each return gable. The building has multi-pane glazing, gable apex finials, and a slate roof.
The church is bordered by a low coped front retaining wall, which has simple coped square piers flanking the central and side entrances. Inside, the church has a simple layout divided into three areas: an entrance lobby, the church itself, and a Minister's room. The central portion of the church features an octagonal pulpit with some cusped panelling.
Local climate
Free Church, Glenurquhart sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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