High Kirk of Rothesay

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 02/04/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 02/05/2018 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Burgh Rothesay NGR NS 08605 63716 Coordinates 208605, 663716 — Robertson Buchanan, Rothesay, 1796; later additions 1906. Near-rectangular-plan 2-storey, 3- by 4-bay church with single bay projections to N (entrance 1796) and E (entrance from 1906). Predominantly harled; red ashlar dressings; polished sandstone margins. Raised base course; moulded eaves. Round-arched windows inset within square-headed surrounds. Pitched single storey, 2-bay random rubble outbuilding to E. E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Pedimented 2-storey wing advanced at centre; tripartite timber panelled door at ground; surrounding pedimented doorpiece; pilastered quadripartite glazing row centred beneath apex at 1st floor; architraved cill; cornice. Single windows recessed at ground flanking entrance; round-arched windows at 1st floor. N (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Pedimented single storey addition advanced at centre; tripartite window at ground. Single windows recessed at ground flanking projection; round-arched windows in all bays at 1st floor centred beneath pediment; timber bracketed bell-hood at 1st floor off-set to left of centre (bell missing). W (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right (central bay infilled). Round-arched windows in all bays at 1st floor. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay with 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground. Full-height round-arched windows flanking entrance; single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; round-arched windows aligned above. Predominantly 12- and 15-pane timber casement glazing; decorative stained glass at sides and rear; opaque glazing to remaining openings. Grade

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.