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Parish Church, Berriedale

A Category B Listed Building in Wick and East Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.1895 / 58°11'22"N

Longitude: -3.4966 / 3°29'47"W

OS Eastings: 312103

OS Northings: 923275

OS Grid: ND121232

Mapcode National: GBR K7Q2.QYV

Mapcode Global: WH5DH.8F56

Plus Code: 9CCR5GQ3+R8

Entry Name: Parish Church, Berriedale

Listing Name: Berriedale Church of Scotland and Burial Ground

Listing Date: 13 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339931

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7926

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Berriedale Church
Berriedale, Parish Church

ID on this website: 200339931

Location: Latheron

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Latheron

Traditional County: Caithness

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Description

Thomas Telford, dated 1826. Standard Parliamentary T-plan church, with some later alterations. Harled, tooled ashlar margins. Outer paired doors with plaques above, blocked at SW, with later projecting gabled porch masking SE entrance.

Paired centre windows with depressed arched lintels, simple Y-tracery and lattice pane (cast-iron) glazing; similarly detailed windows light east and west gables and rear wing. Standard bellcote with stumpy finials at west gable apex; trefoil finial at east. Later, low vestry addition to rear. Slate roof.

Interior; simple interior with original layout. No gallery.

Drystoned walled burial ground with 19th and 20th century tombs.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Berriedale a Quoad Sacra Parish from 1846. Plaque over SE entrance reads "On the application of James Horne of Langwell who granted all the required Accommodation of Lands, etc GRATIS 1826" Over SW entrance "Erected by Commissioners of Parliament in 1826."

Church on or near site of earlier mission chapel.

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