Castlehill Church, High Street, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. Church. 5 related planning applications.
Castlehill Church, High Street, Forres
- WRENN ID
- fading-attic-swallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1983
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Castlehill Church, located on High Street in Forres, was designed by John Rhind and built between 1870 and 1871. It features a cruciform plan in the Decorated Gothic style. The church is constructed of coursed, stugged rubble with tooled ashlar dressings and has a slated roof.
The northern gable facing High Street showcases a large decorated Gothic window, flanked by square porches that have pointed arched doors, moulded reveals, and nook shafts. The return elevation includes Y-tracery windows. The church also has a decorated parapet and angle pinnacles.
Inside, the nave consists of five bays with paired lancet windows in the aisles and geometric traceried clerestory windows that have gabled and finialled heads. The tall transepts are adorned with decorated windows, and there is a single bay chancel. The northern gable features a decorated head and is flanked by moulded octagonal buttresses that rise through the parapet to form shafted and gabletted pinnacles. The roof is also slated.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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