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Latitude: 57.5841 / 57°35'2"N
Longitude: -3.8744 / 3°52'27"W
OS Eastings: 288025
OS Northings: 856442
OS Grid: NH880564
Mapcode National: GBR J8SP.5ZB
Mapcode Global: WH4G2.GM8T
Plus Code: 9C9RH4MG+J6
Entry Name: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church And Manse, Academy Street, Nairn
Listing Name: Academy Street, St Mary`s Roman Catholic Church and Manse
Listing Date: 12 March 1981
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 383758
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38403
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200383758
Location: Nairn
County: Highland
Town: Nairn
Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor
Traditional County: Nairnshire
Tagged with: Church building Architectural structure
Original building 1864. Extension, John Robertson, 1901. Small
and simple rectangular plan with apse and porch to south-west;
2 storey 2 bay manse adjoining at north-west. Coursed rubble with stugged ashlar dressings.
Church: triple lancet window to Academy Street gable; crowstepped
porch at south-west; crowstepped gables to church with apex cross;
slate roof.
Simple interior: braced rafters to apse supporting timber ceiling
all painted. Painted snecked rubble walls. Pale marble steps to
apse with green marble risers; green and cream marble altar.
Reginald Fairlie, 1952, designed oak reredos and altar canopy;
Gothic detailing gilded. Manse; simply detailed with door and
window in ground floor, 2 windows in 1st floor with wall-head crowstepped gables; slate roof.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Church orientated
north/south. Altar north end (liturgical east).
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