St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Beauly is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986.
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Beauly
- WRENN ID
- hushed-moulding-amber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- OS grid reference
- NH 527 466
- Coordinates
- 57.48615, -4.45768
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was built in 1864, and is likely the work of Joseph Hansom. It is a tall, east-west oriented church of pointed Gothic design, comprising a nave, chancel, and a north aisle. The exterior is constructed of coursed red rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The west gable features a centrally placed, pointed-headed entrance, with paired narrow windows above, linked by a continuous hoodmould. A wheel window with plate tracery sits at the gable apex, with angle buttresses present. The north and south flanks have five buttressed bays, with further off-centre entrances on the south elevation, and windows featuring Y-tracery. A gabled chancel is located at the east end, featuring transepts, and is linked to the presbytery to the south. The windows have mainly leaded-pane glazing, and a bellcote is situated at the east gable of the nave. The church has slate roofs.
Inside, an arcade runs along the north side, with a small Lady Chapel located to the east. A tall Gothic arch frames the chancel, incorporating nailhead detailing. Other interior features include a marble altar, panelled pine dado, pine pews, and a gallery at the west end. A timber ceiling completes the interior.
The burial ground and presbytery are enclosed by a harled rubble wall with a roughly crenellated coping.
The presbytery is a two-storey, three-bay asymmetrical dwelling constructed of red rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The right bay is gabled, with a gabled porch in the re-entrant angle. Tripartite windows are present on both the ground and first floors. A canted bay window is visible on the south garden front. Other features include two-pane glazing, coped end stacks, decorative bargeboards, and a slate roof. The church remains in ecclesiastical use.
Local climate
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Beauly sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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