Dalarossie Church is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.

Dalarossie Church

WRENN ID
keen-baluster-starling
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
OS grid reference
NH 767 241
Coordinates
57.29165, -4.04734
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The burial ground at Dalarossie Church dates back to 1790, with repairs made by George Rhind in 1856 and further work by W L Carruthers in 1904. The church is a simple rectangular structure oriented east-west, built from harl pointed rubble with ashlar dressings. On the north elevation, there is an off-centre gabled porch featuring a hoodmoulded segmental headed entrance. To the right of the porch, there is a wallhead stack, possibly from 1856, which has a reset worn initialled plaque in a gablet.

The south elevation has three irregularly spaced windows and a door on the west side, which is under a segmental headed hoodmould added in 1904, leading to the Session Room. There is a small gallery window in the east gable, and the church has 12-pane glazing and a slate roof.

Inside, the church has a simple re-cast interior that was likely reduced in size in 1904 when the Session Room was created. The tall narrow panelled 18th century pulpit is located against the west wall and features a panelled backboard and an octagonal sounding board with a panelled cornice, all finished with later varnished graining. The pulpit is accessed by a short flight of stairs with a mid-19th century balustrade. A circular stone font, roughly hewn from a boulder, is supported by a boulder plinth. The interior also includes a panelled dado, simple pews, and a barrel vaulted plaster ceiling with simple moulded details, likely from 1904.

The burial ground is enclosed by square rubble walls and features a pair of plain square rubble gate piers at the north entrance. The site contains mainly 19th and 20th century tombstones.

Local climate

Dalarossie Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 63 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Burial Ground, Dalarossie Church Grade B 10 m
  2. Garbole Bridge, Moy Grade C 889 m
  3. Kyllachy House Grade C 2.6 km
  4. Findhorn Bridge Grade B 5.1 km
  5. Old Free Church Manse, Findhorn Bridge Grade C 5.2 km
  6. Near Tomatin, Findhorn Bridge, Former Moy Free Church Grade C 5.2 km
  7. Railway Viaduct Over Old A9 Road, Tomatin Grade B 6.0 km
  8. Railway Viaduct Over River Findhorn, Tomatin Grade B 6.1 km
  9. Bridge, Moy Grade C 8.3 km
  10. Former Moy Parish Manse (Church Of Scotland), Near Tomatin Grade B 10.0 km