St Ninian's Church, Glen Urquhart

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 08/01/1988 Supplementary Information Updated 27/05/2019 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston NGR NH 43127 30427 Coordinates 243127, 830427 GLENURQUHART, ST NINIANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — Alexander Ross, circa 1851. Simple rectangular plan church with shallow crowstepped east projection and vestry projecting to south. Mainly harled, rubble east wall. Crowstepped bellcote at west. Simple lancet window, three to north and south, three stepped to east, two to west. Round arched door possibly incorporating earlier masonry. The east windows feature abstract stained glass with a central cross designed by Emma Shipton in 1986. V-plan oriel window in south vestry wall. Interior: rafter and arch-braced roof, tie beam at chancel. Altar incorporates early medieval stone with St Ninian s cross set in a panel. Art nouveau iron work to early 20th century churchyard gate. — The ordnance survey name book for the county of Inverness dating from the 1870s records that the church had a thatched roof at that time. Removal of the harling during conservation works in 2017 found that the church was also built using reclaimed stonework. The stone set into the altar is said to have originated from a demolished church at the east end of Glen Urquhart and moved to St Ninian's in the 1960s. Inverness-based Alexander Ross (1834-1925) was a foremost architect in the Highlands and Islands, building extensively in the region through the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries. He was particularly noted for his school buildings, and is thought to have designed around 450 of these. St Ninan's Glenurquart was the first commission of his career and the Scottish Episcopal Church went on to become one of his principal patrons. Ro

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.