Old Rosskeen Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 25/03/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Rosskeen NGR NH 68837 69250 Coordinates 268837, 869250 — James Smith, 1830-32. Alterations and repairs, Andrew Maitland, 1853. Rectangular, harl pointed rubble, ashlar dressings. Square projecting tower in centre with round-headed windows in ground floor and side Minister's entrance; chamfered angle at second stage with blind occuli; octagonal belfry at third stage rising above church wallhead, with round-headed louvred vents and leaded dome capped by wind vane. Tower flanked by two large and long round-headed windows; with substantial semi-circular upper lights and tripartites with narrow side lights. Symmetrical fenestration in north, east and west elevations; all small segmental headed windows with multi-pane glazing, 2 in ground floor and gallery outer bays, north and south elevations, and 3 similarly placed in east and west flanks (some window blind). Centre projecting piended porches in north, east and west elevations; piended platform slate roof. Interior; 5 sided panelled gallery supported on fluted cast-iron columns; original fittings, pulpit and sounding board. Burial ground; coped rubble wall; some spearhead cast-iron railings and gates; mounting block at entrance. Various burial enclosures, one with dated lintel of 1675 and portion of stone window tracery. Various 18th, 19th and 20th century tombs. — Church disused. Pulpit and sounding board similar to those at Edderton Parish Church (sounding board only now remains at Edderton). Have been subject to restoration.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.