North Church, Church Road, Stromness

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 24/03/1998 Local Authority Orkney Islands Planning Authority Orkney Islands Burgh Stromness NGR HY 25344 09063 Coordinates 325344, 1009063 — William Robertson, (Samuel Baikie, builder), 1890-2 with later alterations and additions. 3-bay gable-ended gothic-detailed, galleried hall church with central square-plan, 3-stage battlemented tower with octagonal spire built on ground rising steeply to W. Stugged and snecked sandstone ashlar with stugged and droved dressings. Base course; string course, continuous as hood moulds over doors at ground, 1st floor and to windows at 2nd stage of tower. Moulded, slightly corbelled band courses dividing tower stages; machicolated battlements at 3rd stage; cornice defining gable behind. Ovolo-moulded and chamfered reveals to point-arched openings. Long and short quoins; pinnacles to gable terminals. E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: TOWER: stone flight to deep-set 2-leaf timber panelled doors at 1st stage with simply traceried pointed-arched fanlight above; identically set timber panelled door in each flanking return; tall vertically arranged 4-light window (lights arranged 2 over 2) at 2nd stage; narrow 2-light window with blank stone panel above in each flanking return; oculus to E, N and S sides at 3rd stage; blocked window to W; gabletted louvered vents to every other side to spire; weather vane above. Small round-arched window set wide and low with tall window above in each flanking bay to recessed main block. W (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled wall. Tall, vertically arranged 4-light window in each bay. N (CHURCH ROAD): regular 4-bay, with full-height window divided at gallery level by stone transom, forming 2-light window at each floor in each bay. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: identical arrangement to N elevation with piended L-p

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.