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East Chapel, Academy Street, Inverness

A Category B Listed Building in Inverness Central, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4802 / 57°28'48"N

Longitude: -4.2258 / 4°13'32"W

OS Eastings: 266642

OS Northings: 845512

OS Grid: NH666455

Mapcode National: GBR H8YY.M1B

Mapcode Global: WH4GH.17ZY

Plus Code: 9C9QFQJF+3M

Entry Name: East Chapel, Academy Street, Inverness

Listing Name: Academy Street, East Parish Church

Listing Date: 15 June 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379627

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35125

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Inverness, Academy Street, East Chapel

ID on this website: 200379627

Location: Inverness

County: Highland

Town: Inverness

Electoral Ward: Inverness Central

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

1798; almost entirely rebuilt, 1853 large additions, Ross

& Macbeth, 1897-8. Behind the front of 1897-8 is the earlier

building, a plain rubble-built galleried rectangle. Front of

1897-8. Lombardic Gothic, snecked, squared and stugged rubble

with polished ashlar dressings. In centre broad gable containing gableted pointed-arched entrance under broad traceried

windows; gable flanked at left by plain 2-storey stair tower

containing door under pointed window with gableted

dormerhead; at right of gable similar stair tower but

surmounted by squat octagonal tower with cusped belfry openings

and crenellated parapet with pinnacled angle bartizans and

topped by short slated octagonal spire; at angles of main

gable and towers pinnacled clasping buttresses.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Originally built as

Established chapel-of-ease, The Minister and congregation

came out at the Disruption and retained use of the church.

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