Presbytery, Roman Catholic Church, Institution Road, Fochabers

J Gillespie Graham, 1826-8, after design by Bishop James

Kyle. Chancel addition, circa 1905. Rectangular, Gothic

building orientated N-S with S gabled entrance front. Tooled

ashlar frontage, mixed rubble flanks, tooled and polished

ashlar dressings.

Main S gable front with central bay marked by stepped

buttresses, rising to panelled, gabletted pinnacles with

stiff-leaf finials, linked at wallhead by pierced balustrade;

gable apex finial. Wide pointed-headed entrance (modern

door), large perpendicular 3-light traceried window above,

similarly detailed 2-light windows in flanking bays,

crenellated wallhead, lattice-pane glazing. 2 tall geometric

tracery windows in E elevation only. Canted chancel (circa

1905) at N gable with paired hoodmoulded windows with

curvilinear tracery. Slate roofs.

INTERIOR: aisless interior with shallow pointed ceiling

supported at intervals by clustered columns continuing across

ceiling as ribs. Cusped panelled front to gallery at S.

Ornately carved and pinnacled reredos and carved marble altar

(1900). Stations of the Cross also 1900.

PRESBYTERY: mid-19th century 2-storey and attic dwelling with

long (rear) E elevation abutting church wall and with regular

3-bay S entrance gable. Mixed rubble, tooled ashlar

dressings. Off-centre entrance with flanking windows and 2

1st floor windows, all under relieving arches; single canted

dormer windows; varied glazing. Coped end stacks; slate

roofs.