St Nathalian's Church, Golf Road, Ballater

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 16/04/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 14/11/2006 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Burgh Ballater National Park Cairngorms NGR NO 36677 95621 Coordinates 336677, 795621 — Archibald Macpherson, 1905. Aisleless Scots Gothic church with attached single storey and attic presbytery to S. Gabled entrance porch to NW. Dominant 3-sided canted apse to E with central upper level niche containing carved stone statue of St Nathalan. Steeply stepped base course. Grey granite stepped and pinnacled parapet. Pink squared and snecked rock-faced granite with grey granite dressings. Set back from the road within own spacious grounds. 2 hoodmoulded geometric windows to gabled W end with circular window above. Predominantly timber 4-pane casement windows to presbytery, some bipartite with granite central mullions. Grey graded slate. 2 lateral wallhead stacks to S. INTERIOR: largely original simple whitewashed interior with open timber ceiling. Nave with small N and S transepts. Timber dado panelling to sanctuary and transepts. Timber pews, altar and pulpit. Raised timber gallery to W. Simple coloured glass to W end window with fleur-de-lis motif. Largely original floor plan to presbytery. Timber shutters and chimneypieces. Predominantly 4-panel timber doors. BOUNDARY WALLS: to E, S and W, rubble granite with rubble coping. Square gatepiers to E with saddleback coping. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. St Nathalan's is a well detailed church with a distinctive E end apse, which is situated facing the entrance gate to the church grounds. It is a typical example of the understated architecture of Archibald Macpherson. The Roman Catholic Church for the area was previously situated in a smaller building at Glengairn, to the North

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.