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St Mary's Church, Church Of Scotland, Grey's Place, Lybster

A Category B Listed Building in Latheron, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.3028 / 58°18'10"N

Longitude: -3.2847 / 3°17'5"W

OS Eastings: 324802

OS Northings: 935630

OS Grid: ND248356

Mapcode National: GBR L68S.621

Mapcode Global: WH6F4.JK2V

Plus Code: 9CCR8P38+44

Entry Name: St Mary's Church, Church Of Scotland, Grey's Place, Lybster

Listing Name: Lybster, Main Street, (Grey's Place, East Side) Church of Scotland, (St Mary's Church)

Listing Date: 28 November 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343505

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10951

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Lybster, Grey's Place, Church Of Scotland, St Mary's Church

ID on this website: 200343505

Location: Latheron

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Latheron

Traditional County: Caithness

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

1836; coursed rubble: west gable rendered and lined as
ashlar. Pointed headed centre entrance in west gable with
fanlight with intersecting tracery. Flanked by blind pointed
headed windows, with smaller similar windows (centre blind)
above. 3 long similar windows in flanks, with similar small
gallery windows, all with intersecting, multi-pane
glazing. Bellcote at west gable apex; slate roof. Rubble
gate piers flanked by cast-iron railings coped rubble wall to
enclosure. Interior: gallery sealed off; ground floor
cleared.

Statement of Interest

No longer in ecclesiastical use Temporary Quoad Sacra

parish by 1841.

Built at cost of $830.

Now used as carpenter's shop.

Incised cross slab within enclosure is Scheduled Ancient Monument No 613.

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