Former School And Schoolhouse, Our Lady And St Bean's Rc Chapel, Cannich

This complex of buildings comprises a former Roman Catholic church, presbytery, and schoolhouse, located in Cannich. The church and presbytery were designed by Joseph Hansom and dated 1866, while the school and schoolhouse are a later addition. The buildings are constructed of grey rubble with contrasting tooled red ashlar dressings.

The church is an L-plan range, combining the church and presbytery. The rectangular church is oriented northwest to southeast and features a bowed chancel to the southeast, lit by paired lancet windows. The northwest gable is similarly lit with paired lancets on both the ground and gallery levels. An octagonal tower stands to the north, with a porch set into the re-entrant angle. The flanks of the church have four bays, each lit by lancet windows, although one wallhead is broken by a large single Y-tracery window. The upper storey of the tower has louvred openings, and the spire is topped with lucarnes and an apex cast-iron cross. The interior is simple, with a ribbed ceiling, and a gallery at the west end featuring a cusped, panelled front. The altar is from 1938 and is accompanied by a panelled, canopied reredos designed by Reginald Fairlie.

The presbytery is an asymmetrical, three-storey house with a wide, projecting gabled wing to the south. A two-storey porch is set into the re-entrant angle, featuring a pointed-headed entrance. Bipartite windows are present on the ground and first floors of the gable, each with a shoulder lintel capped by small paired lattice-pane lights. Fenestration is varied, employing either pointed-headed or shoulder lintel detailing, predominantly with two-pane glazing.

The school and schoolhouse form a cruciform range located close to the church. The single schoolroom is lit by large windows. One portion of the range is a simple single-storey and attic, two-bay schoolhouse. This section features multi-pane glazing, decorative bargeboards, a coped ridge stack, and slate roofs. A later timber lean-to extension is attached to the rear.

The buildings are currently in use as an ecclesiastical building. References to this building can be found in Peter F Anson's "Catholic Church Building in Scotland from the Reformation until the Outbreak of the First World War 1560-1914" (THE INNES REVIEW v, 1954, p. 133) and the National Monuments Record of Scotland.