Description

Slater and Carpenter of London, 1867. Aisled Gothic church
with unaisled lower 2-bay chancel at S, tower at NE angle
almost free-standing. Galillee added late in 19th century; hall
to W extended by W F Crombie, 1925. Bull-faced red ashlar with
polished dressings and plain or hood-moulded lancets.
Tower: plain lower stages with paired E-facing doors, engaged
stair turret to lower stages of S wall, louvred bipartites
at belfry stage; broached stone spire (120' high) with
lucarnes.
Single lights to buttressed aisle bays, close-spaced clerestory
lights. Blocked eaves; cross-finialled gables; slate roofs.
Galillee has arcaded lights.
Hall is similarly detailed, with main gable elevation to N.
Interior: Some work by H O Tarbolton, executed by firm of
Scott Morton; unplastered walls; aisle arcades contrasting
red and white ashlar, circular piers with foliated capitals;
some good furnishings and detailing; carved timber rood
screen and choir stalls; mosaic reredos.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

NMRS index links Alexander Ross of Inverness to St John's.

Foundation stone laid in 1.8.1867.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795203

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)