Strathnaver Museum (Bettyhill Farr Old Church), Clachan is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1977. 3 related planning applications.
Strathnaver Museum (Bettyhill Farr Old Church), Clachan
- WRENN ID
- woven-doorway-peregrine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1977
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Strathnaver Museum, formerly the Old Church of Farr, is a tall rectangular church built in 1774. It is harled with painted ashlar reveals. The symmetrical south elevation has two long central windows with multi-pane glazing, and smaller flanking windows on the ground floor and in the gallery. The north elevation mirrors this design, with a long central window and flanking ground floor windows, also with 12-pane glazing. Gallery entrances are located in the east and west gables, accessed by forestairs that overhang similar ground floor entrances. A bellcote is situated at the east gable, with a ball finial at the west gable. The roof is slate, featuring a small triangular vent on the south side.
The interior was altered in 1882. A notable feature is an imposing hexagonal panelled pulpit dated 1774, complete with a panelled backboard and a hexagonal sounding board with a deeply moulded rim. The backboard is framed by fluted Corinthian pilasters, featuring a centre round-headed keystoned blind arch supported on half pilasters. The pulpit stair has a carved baluster with end ball finials, and late 19th-century oil lamps are mounted on decorative brass wall brackets. The galleries were removed and party walls inserted in 1882, significantly reducing the interior space.
The church is surrounded by a rubble-walled burial ground containing interesting 18th and 19th-century tombstones. A memorial exists within the burial ground for Reverend George Munro, who graduated from King's College, Aberdeen and served as the Minister of Farr, dying there in 1779. The church now functions as Farr Museum and the seating has been removed. A collection of 17th and 18th-century tombstones from the churchyard is housed within the building. A cross slab located in the burial ground is designated as Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 1889.
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