Boharm Old Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 22/02/1972 Local Authority Moray Planning Authority Moray Parish Boharm NGR NJ 34099 50037 Coordinates 334099, 850037 — 1793; porches and Minsiter's room, William Robertson, 1828. Harled rubble, tooled granite dressings and (later) tooled sandstone margins. Simple rectangular church with later gabled centre 2-bay projection in long 4-bay S elevation; 2 windows in N elevation and single smaller gallery window in each gable; all fenestration round-headed and with radial and multi-pane glazing. Simple gabled porch with round-headed entrance at E gable and with plain bargeboards returning slightly to indicate open pediment; similar detailing to W gable of 2-bay vestry- porch. Ball finialled bellcote at W gable; slate roofs. INTERIOR: empty and used as store. — Building no longer in ecclesiastical use. Closed for worship, circa 1974. Pews and pulpit re-used in Portree, Skye. Portion of parish of Dundurcas added to Boharm Parish (and also to Rothes) in 1792-3, when it was agreed to re-site parish church in centre of new enlarged parish, superseding 1618 church sited in present burial ground. Cottage in front of church was former parish school, also designed by William Robertson in 1828, now much altered. Change of Category: B to C(S). 24.3.88.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.