Free Church, Rothiemurchus is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. Church.
Free Church, Rothiemurchus
- WRENN ID
- peeling-niche-barley
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1979
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
D. Macmillan, Architect, Aberdeen, 1886. Romanesque,
rectangular church with long elevations E and W, projecting
gabled entrance porch at NW. Coursed pink granite W
frontage and N gable, harl pointed granite rubble rear and
S gable, tooled sandstone dressings. Round-headed
hood-moulded entrance in porch with double-leaf plank doors
with ornate cast-iron hinges; apex bellcote. 3-bay W
elevation with paired round-headed windows linked by
continuous blind arcade with pendant detailing matching
cushion capitals to nook-shaft. Similar blind arcading flanks
3 long lancets in N gable; square paned leaded glazing. Slate
roof with tile ridge.
Small gabled Minister's room at S gable. Interior:
Orientated N/S; pine plan dado and pine pews; panelled front
to raised Minister's desk under canopied tester with flanking round-headed doorpieces (to vestry) and panelled doors.
Similar double-leaf doors and round-headed doorpiece to main
entrance. Mural memorial to Rev. James Martineau 1805-1900.
Detailed Attributes
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