Dores Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Dores NGR NH 60097 35019 Coordinates 260097, 835019 — 1828 with later 19th century alterations and re-casting. Rectangular church orientated E-W. All rubble with ashlar base course; tooled and polished ashlar margins and dressings. Original pointed-headed entrances, with recessed doors and deeply chamfered architraves in outer bays; double-leaf panelled doors with Gothic detailing. 4 long pointed-headed later 19th century windows rise through wallhead into finialled gablets; similar fenestration to rear. Single original hoodmoulded pointed-headed windows with Y-tracery in east and west gables. Lattice-pane glazing. Later 19th century finialled Gothic bellcote at east gable. apex; triangular skews and shaped skewputts of same date. Slate roof; stone ridge. Interior; re-cast to west with later 19th century fittings. Off-centre octagonal cusped panelled pulpit and back-board, with short stair with moulded handrail and brass barley-sugar twist balusters. Gothic panelling to east gallery front. Sunday school room; simple rectangular harled former watch-house; centre door and single modern window; end stacks; slate roof. Burial ground and entrance; large square rubble walled burial ground; roughly/tooled cope to wall; 18th and 19th century tomb stones. Harled arched entrance with contrasting painted margins and cornice; inscribed plaques with names of fallen of 1914-18 war, with further plaque added for 1939-45. Pair wrought and cast-iron carriage gates.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.