Corgarff Church, Corgarff is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Corgarff Church, Corgarff
- WRENN ID
- solemn-merlon-wind
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mr Daniel architect (see Notes), 1834-5. Dignified rectangular-plan church with 4-bay nave, pinnacled bellcote with bell and good galleried interior, on peaceful site close to Corgarff Village Hall. Squared and coursed rubble with contrasting pink granite long and short quoins and margins. Granite ashlar base course. Decoratively-astragalled, voussoired, pointed arch windows and transom lights, chamfered reveals.
FURTHER DESCRIPTION: gabled elevations to N and S each with centre bay comprising 6-panelled 2-leaf timber door and transom light below similar triangular window, flanking square headed lights blocked; bellcote to N gable. E elevation with 4 large windows, W blind.
Multi-pane decoratively-astragalled glazing. Grey slates. Coped ashlar skews with flat skewputts.
INTERIOR: fine little altered interior with pulpit at centre of E wall and 5-sided gallery (running E-W) on Greek Doric columns. Simple box pews, panelled gallery and decorative cast iron oil lamp fittings. Pulpit with flanking steps, and 5-sided ogee capped sounding board. Small (later) pipe organ fronting pulpit.
Detailed Attributes
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