Urray Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 25/03/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Urray NGR NH 50890 52473 Coordinates 250890, 852473 — 1780, vestry added 1833; repairs etc, Ross and Joass, 1862; alterations, Ian Lindsay, circa 1938. Rectangular church, pinned random rubble, ashlar dressings. Pair long round-headed keystoned windows with blocked imposts and multi-pane glazing; similar later window in outer east bay in place of former door; wide corniced and chamfered entrance in outer west bay with small round-headed window above. Projecting centre Minister's porch (vestry) with small window. Single windows in ground and gallery level of each gable, and 3 in north elevation, that in outer NW bay being later insertion. All windows similarly detailed; stained glass in that in ground floor, east gable. Blind occulus in each gable apex. Long and short quoins; deep moulded eaves cornice north and south elevations returning briefly at corners. Small birdcage bellcote with ball finials at outer angles of plinth and apex of dome; apex ball finial at east. Slate roof; stone ridge. Interior; re-cast; simple panelled gallery at west end; painted panelled pulpit. Burial ground; rubble walls with crenellated cope; pair gate piers, possibly Ross and Joass, 1862. Pair panelled ashlar monolith piers with shaped caps; pair spearhead detailed cast-iron carriage gates. — Building in ecclesiastical use as such. Minister's room in south elevation now serves as boiler room. Earlier church sited in present Old Urray Burial Ground. Stones from that building incorporated in 1780 church. Church reseated, circa 1925. Memorial to Misses Douglas communion table and baptismal bracket all designed by Ian G Lindsay (Information by courtesy of Minister of Urray Parish). Pre-reformation churc

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.