Church of Scotland, Bridge Street, Halkirk

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 28/11/1984 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Halkirk NGR ND 12993 59423 Coordinates 312993, 959423 — Alexander Ross, Inverness, 1886. Rectangular church orientated east/west with Italian Romanesque west gable facade. Tooled coursed rubble frontage, random rubble flanks, contrasting polished ashlar dressings and long and short detailing. Slightly advanced centre bay to west gable with large wheel window lighting gallery set in round-headed recess with short nook shafts and stiff-leaf capitals; band-course below continues to right window at impost level. Below centre window low arcaded tripartite with stumpy engaged columns with scalloped capitals. Square tower at left, rising single stage above balustraded, pilastered, round-headed arches in each face; deep eaves, pyramidal slate roof and terminal apex cast-iron weathervane. Round-headed entrance in channelled ashlar base with Free Church insignia carved in tympanum; double leaf plank door with ornate cast-iron hinges; pair louvred slit lancets above; battered base-course. Simple 6-bay flanks with round-headed windows; wheel window in centre of east gable; ball finial at west apex, coped stack at cast; slate roof. Modern harled addition to rear. Interior; original fittings; panelled gallery at west; braced timber roof supported by cast-iron columns; raised Minister's desk at east end with curved detailing to stairs and balustraded front Gate piers; pair square ashlar gate piers flank entrance with pyramidal caps; linked to similar end piers by low coped coursed rubble retaining wall with cast-iron spearhead railings matching double gates. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Former Free Church of Scotland. Tower not completed at time of opening.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.