Near Tomatin, Findhorn Bridge, Former Moy Free Church is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986. Church.

Near Tomatin, Findhorn Bridge, Former Moy Free Church

WRENN ID
dusted-corbel-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 April 1986
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The former Moy Free Church was built around 1844 to 1848, with further additions and alterations made in 1853 and 1900. It is a single-story, rectangular church building, designed in a simple classical style and oriented north-south. The external walls are of rendered rubble with ashlar stone detailing. A shallow porch with a corniced top and supporting pilasters, and a timber double door, sits in the center of the north gable. Above the porch is a round-arched window with moulded sides and a keystone dated 1900. The north gable also features shouldered skewputts with carved urn finials, and a prominent bellcote (which does not contain a bell), topped with another urn finial.

The east and west sides each have two corniced windows with moulded architraves and projecting stone sills. The south gable has a pair of windows. A small, modern timber window has been added to the north-west corner to light a vestry. A similar window, added around 1980, lights a plant room in the north-east corner.

Most of the windows contain leaded glass. The pitched slate roof has a single ridge ventilator.

The interior, viewed in 2013, is a simple worship space inspired by classical design. A lowered ceiling, installed around the 1960s, now hides the original timber boarded ceiling and a gallery on the west side. An ornate, curved cast iron gallery balustrade remains visible below the lowered ceiling. The east and west aisles are accessed from the vestibule by pairs of timber panelled doors with leaded glass. The vestibule includes encaustic tiles and provides access to the vestry on the left and toilet facilities on the right.

A later octagonal pine pulpit, dating to around 1900, is located on the east wall, between two deep-set corniced windows with reeded pilastered architraves. Large, fluted Doric pilasters frame the pulpit backboard, which has a round arched moulded panel. The boarded pine pews, boarded timber dado panelling, and cast iron balustrade are also likely from around 1900.

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