St Nicholas' Church, Holm is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 December 1977. Church. 2 related planning applications.

St Nicholas' Church, Holm

WRENN ID
rooted-cobble-plum
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 December 1977
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Rebuilt, 1781, renovated (or rebuilt again) in 1818. Five-bay, symmetrical, rectangular-plan, crowstepped gabled, plain hall church with low two-bay rectangular-plan vestry to east end. Harled. Walled churchyard extending around church with outbuilding to northern wall.

South (Principal) Elevation: squat, round-arched window with horizontally aligned oval niche above in bay to centre. Tall round-arched window (blocked) in each bay flanking. Window in each bay of vestry set back to outer right.

West (Entrance) Elevation: deep-set round-arched door at ground with blocked fanlight in full-height, slightly advanced narrow bay to centre. Round-arched window, set high, below gable in each bay flanking.

North (Rear) Elevation: blank wall.

East (Side) Elevation: vertically disposed sandstone heraldic panel centred below gablehead stack to advanced vestry in bay to centre; stone crucifix to gable apex of main block above. Small-pane timber-framed window with simple intersecting tracery to south; other church windows blocked; 12-pane timber sash and case windows to vestry. Caithness stone tiled roof; central square-plan timber vent; old Orkney grey slate to vestry; corniced harled stack to vestry gable.

Interior: not seen, 1997.

Walled Churchyard, Gatepiers and Outbuilding: rubble wall with rubble cope enclosing rectangular-plan graveyard surrounding church containing predominantly 19th century headstones; small, rectangular-plan shed with boarded door to west gable; graded Caithness stone tiled roof; stone ridge; replacement square-plan squared rubble gatepiers sited to south; shallow domed concrete caps; timber gates.

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