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Latitude: 58.5142 / 58°30'51"N
Longitude: -3.4952 / 3°29'42"W
OS Eastings: 312993
OS Northings: 959423
OS Grid: ND129594
Mapcode National: GBR K6Q7.5N5
Mapcode Global: WH5BY.88W7
Plus Code: 9CCRGG73+MW
Entry Name: Church Of Scotland, Bridge Street, Halkirk
Listing Name: Halkirk Village, Bridge Street, Church of Scotland and Gate Piers
Listing Date: 28 November 1984
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339781
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7799
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Halkirk, Bridge Street, Church Of Scotland
ID on this website: 200339781
Location: Halkirk
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Parish: Halkirk
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Church building Architectural structure
Alexander Ross, Inverness, 1886. Rectangular church orientated
east/west with Italian Romanesque west gable facade. Tooled
coursed rubble frontage, random rubble flanks, contrasting
polished ashlar dressings and long and short detailing.
Slightly advanced centre bay to west gable with large wheel
window lighting gallery set in round-headed recess with short
nook shafts and stiff-leaf capitals; band-course below
continues to right window at impost level. Below centre window
low arcaded tripartite with stumpy engaged columns with
scalloped capitals. Square tower at left, rising single stage
above balustraded, pilastered, round-headed arches in each
face; deep eaves, pyramidal slate roof and terminal apex
cast-iron weathervane. Round-headed entrance in channelled
ashlar base with Free Church insignia carved in tympanum;
double leaf plank door with ornate cast-iron hinges; pair
louvred slit lancets above; battered base-course.
Simple 6-bay flanks with round-headed windows; wheel window
in centre of east gable; ball finial at west apex, coped
stack at cast; slate roof.
Modern harled addition to rear.
Interior; original fittings; panelled gallery at west; braced
timber roof supported by cast-iron columns; raised Minister's
desk at east end with curved detailing to stairs and
balustraded front Gate piers; pair square ashlar gate piers
flank entrance with pyramidal caps; linked to similar end piers
by low coped coursed rubble retaining wall with cast-iron
spearhead railings matching double gates.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such.
Former Free Church of Scotland. Tower not completed at time of
opening.
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