Church Of Scotland, Keiss

The Church of Scotland in Keiss was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1827. It is a standard Parliamentary T-plan church, featuring a harled exterior with tooled ashlar margins and dressings. The south elevation has four bays, with depressed arched entrances in the outer bays (the eastern entrance is blocked) and two similar arched windows in the center. The same style of windows also lights the end gables and the rear wing. The church includes cast-iron Y-tracery and lattice-pane glazing, as well as a birdcage bellcote with a later cast-iron weathervane at the west gable. The church is enclosed by a simple drystone wall.

Inside, the entrance vestibule is located at the west end, and the rear wing has been partitioned to create a room. The interior features an octagonal cusped panelled pulpit under the east window, which has a simple backboard, and plain pews. There is also a carved memorial within the vestibule by John Nicolson of Nybster, depicting Sir Francis Tress Barry of Keiss Castle, who died in 1907.