St Peter And The Holy Rood Episcopal Church, 2 Sir George's Street, Thurso

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 28/11/1984 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Burgh Thurso NGR ND 11717 68255 Coordinates 311717, 968255 — Alexander Ross, 1885 with later chancel completed 1905. Simple rectangular Gothic church orientated SW-NE. Sneck coursed rubble, contrasting tooled sandstone dressings. Projecting gabled entrance porch at SW with narrow circular bell tower attached, rising 3 stages with pointed headed lancets in upper stages with Caithness slab louvres; corbelled upper band course; bellcast fishscale slated conical roof with cast-iron finial Large Gothic window with geometric tracery in SW gable; simple paired lancets light 5-bay flanks and 2-bay chancel. Cross finials at apeces of porch and NW gable; slate roofs. Small later flat roofed vestry at N corner. Interior; timber arch brace roof supported by wallhead corbels with incised Celtic motifs; stiff leaf detailing to engaged column capitals flanking chancel; tall wooden reredos with (?) Flemish panels set into finialled frame. Fielded panelled pew, dated 1676 with Munro eagle and initials at rear of church. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Reredos oak panels depict Ascension and Pentecost; gifted to church by Sir Tollemache Sinclair who "bought them on the Continent". Chancel gifted by Mrs Sinclair of Barrock in memory of her younger son Norman Alexander Sinclair. Pew back at rear of church initialled AMM and CM with Munro eagle and date 1676, former family pew of Rev Andrew Munro of Coul, Ross-shire from old St Peter's Church. Thurso, "parson of Thurso 1655-1693". Married to Christian, daughter of John Munro of Culcraigie, Ross-shire.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.