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Latitude: 57.8109 / 57°48'39"N
Longitude: -4.0555 / 4°3'19"W
OS Eastings: 277970
OS Northings: 882003
OS Grid: NH779820
Mapcode National: GBR J8C2.F25
Mapcode Global: WH4DT.PX1Y
Plus Code: 9C9QRW6V+9R
Entry Name: Tain Free Church Of Scotland Church, Queen Street, Tain
Listing Name: Queen Street, Tain Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
Listing Date: 25 March 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388278
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41895
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Tain United Free Church
Tain, Queen Street, Tain Church Of Scotland Parish Church
ID on this website: 200388278
Location: Tain
County: Highland
Town: Tain
Electoral Ward: Tain and Easter Ross
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Church building
A Maitland and Sons, 1891/92. Italianate. Ashlar frontage,
dressed and coursed rubble flanks and rear, polished ashlar
dressings. Rectangular church with ornate pedimented 7 bay
north frontage to Queen Street with tall open campanile at NE
angle. 3 centre bays flanked by giant fluted pilasters
supporting entablature and pediment. Wide centre entrance
flanked by Ionic columns supporting segmental pediment; 3
pilastered and key stoned round arched windows above;
architraved windows in outer balustraded bays, linked by
moulded cill course, moulded string course and cornice.
Campanile; tall advanced lower stage with chanelled angle
pilaster strips; modillioned cornice; arcaded 2nd stage
with Corinthian angled pilasters supporting upper arcaded
domed drum with paired engaged Corinthian columns. Ball and
apex finials.
Flanks and rear; 6 bay flanks with 5 paired round headed
ground and gallery windows with moulded cills. Large bull's
eye window to south gable flanked by single round headed
lancets.
Interior; rich galleried interior with original fittings.
Stained glass; memorial window to John Fraser by Douglas
Hamilton, circa 1965. 2 windows by Mary I Wood, 1968.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such.
Formerly Tain Free Church.
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