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Dornoch Free Church Of Scotland School, Church Street, Dornoch

A Category B Listed Building in Dornoch, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.8792 / 57°52'45"N

Longitude: -4.027 / 4°1'37"W

OS Eastings: 279891

OS Northings: 889551

OS Grid: NH798895

Mapcode National: GBR J7FW.VHF

Mapcode Global: WH4DN.37N1

Plus Code: 9C9QVXHF+M6

Entry Name: Dornoch Free Church Of Scotland School, Church Street, Dornoch

Listing Name: Church Street Free Church of Scotland, Church Room (Former School), Burial Ground and Gate Piers with Front Retaining Wall

Listing Date: 7 March 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360660

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24640

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200360660

Location: Dornoch

County: Highland

Town: Dornoch

Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton

Traditional County: Sutherland

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Description

Church; 1844, renovated 1896. Rectangular rubble, tooled
ashlar dressings. Wide east and west gables, each with
projecting centre portion, that at east single storey
Minister's room. Round-headed entrance in centre of west
gable with continuous hoodmould/string course, and 3
pointed-headed lancets above with similar detailing. Diagonal
buttresses terminating as finials at west front; apex
bellcote with pyramidal roof. Long round-headed window in
outer bays of west gable; similar fenestration in 6-bay
flanks; slate roof.
Church room (former Free Church School) 1844. Single storey
T-plan building sited immediately south of church; rubble
with tooled ashlar dressings. Round-headed windows with
multi-pane glazing; apex ball finials slate roof.
Burial Ground; rubble coped walled burial ground to rear.
Gate piers and frontage retaining wall; pair square ashlar
gate piers with square caps; low coped retaining wall with
plain spearheaded cast-iron railings and matching pair gates.

Statement of Interest

Building in ecclesiastical use as such.

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