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Latitude: 57.0806 / 57°4'50"N
Longitude: -4.046 / 4°2'45"W
OS Eastings: 276084
OS Northings: 800701
OS Grid: NH760007
Mapcode National: GBR JBC0.CDN
Mapcode Global: WH4JH.T9J8
Plus Code: 9C9Q3XJ3+6J
Entry Name: St Columba's Church, High Street, Kingussie
Listing Name: High Street, Parish Church, Burial Ground and Gate Piers Church of Scotland
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381027
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36280
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kingussie, High Street, St Columba's Church
ID on this website: 200381027
Location: Kingussie
County: Highland
Town: Kingussie
Electoral Ward: Badenoch and Strathspey
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Church building
1824, later alterations. Simple harled rectangular church
orientated E/W with porches at E and W gables. Harled;
tooled grey granite dressings.
Symmetrical S front with 4 long round-headed windows with
simple Y-tracery and leaded glazing; similar (?later 19th
century) centre window in N elevation flanked by narrower,
similarly detailed, windows. Bellcote at W gable apex
with small ball finial.
Slate roof.
Interior; re-cast; re-fitted 1924 (after fire) and also 1971.
Gallery at W; low octagonal pulpit.
Rubble walled burial ground with late 18th and 19th century
tombstones. Entrance to High Street flanked by pair re-used
early-mid 18th century square tooled grey granite gate
piers with moulded cornice and stepped caps supporting small
attenuated ball finials.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Re-built in 1824 on
site of 1792 church which replaced earlier building sited in
old burial ground in centre of burgh (also close to High
Street). Gate piers similar to pair at old burial ground,
from where they were probably removed for re-use.
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