St Andrew's Episcopal Church, High Street, Fort William

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Burgh Fort William NGR NN 10361 74005 Coordinates 210361, 774005 — Alexander Ross, Inverness, 1880. Gothic, nave, chancel, transept (used as vestry) to south opposite tower at north; cruciform plan, orientated east-west. All bullfaced, sneck coursed red Abriachan granite with tooled and polished ashlar contrasting sandstone dressings. Gabled porch projects at NW; shouldered lintel, flanking polished granite nook shafts with stiff leaf capital, pointed-headed tympanum with figure of St. Andrew and spandrels carved with thistles and roses. Low rectangular baptistry on west gable with 3 squat pointed-headed windows with geometric tracery; similar window in N gable; angle buttresses; wallhead encircled by low carved coped balustrade. Large pointed-headed windows in east (3-light) and west (4-light) gables, also with geometric tracery. Smaller pointed-headed traceried windows in 4-bay flanks. Tall, 3-storey square tower rising to spire at NE with projecting stair turret in east elevation. Occuli in each face of lower stage, paired round-headed lancets in 2nd stage, 3rd stage off-set with gabletted angle pinnacles and with centre louvred windows under gablets in each face clasping base of slender, ashlar facetted spire rising to ball finial and weathervane apex, with carved quatrefoil detailing to annulets, and ring of diminutive lucarnes. Rear SE vestry with dated lintel and roll moulding to architraves. All original rhones and down-water goods; flat skews; simple curved skewputts; slate roofs. Interior; richly detailed interior in High Gothic manner, all of considerable quality. Baptistry entered through traceried screen; vaulted ceiling with bosses. Centre white Caen stone font with ornat

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.