East Chapel, Academy Street, Inverness

The East Chapel on Academy Street in Inverness was originally built in 1798 and underwent significant rebuilding in 1853, with large additions made by Ross and Macbeth in 1897-1898. The front facade from 1897-1898 features a Lombardic Gothic style, constructed from snecked, squared, and stugged rubble with polished ashlar dressings. The central part of the facade has a broad gable that includes a gableted pointed-arched entrance beneath wide traceried windows. To the left of the gable is a plain two-storey stair tower with a door below a pointed window and a gableted dormerhead. On the right side, there is a similar stair tower topped with a squat octagonal tower that has cusped belfry openings and a crenellated parapet adorned with pinnacled angle bartizans, culminating in a short slated octagonal spire. Pinnacled clasping buttresses are located at the angles of the main gable and the towers.