Former Mackintosh Memorial Church, Fassifern Road, Fort William

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Burgh Fort William NGR NN 10214 73815 Coordinates 210214, 773815 — Sydney Mitchell, 1890. Plain rectangular church, orientated east-west on steeply sloping north facing site. All sneck coursed bullfaced rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. Aisle, lower in height, aligned to north elevation, terminating against substantial square 2-stage tower at NW. Square entrance porch at west gable, pointed-headed entrance, crenellated wallhead. Church lit by 3 paired pointed-headed lancets with Y-tracery in west gable, 5-light Y-traceried window in east gable and 4 pointed-headed windows in north and south elevations. North elevation has substantial raised basement front lit by 2 wide Y-traceried windows and fronted by large modern flat roofed projecting hall on stilt foundations. Lattice glazing. 2-stage square tower at NW lit by single hoodmoulded pointed-headed window in north and west; paired louvred lancets in each face of upper stage linked by cill band; crenellated wallhead with stumpy angle finials; squat pyramidal roof with apex weathervane. Slate roofs. Interior; aisle divided by slender octagonal wooden columns with paired brackets springing from capitals; shallow braced ceiling with compartments decorated with stars. Simple pews; gallery at west.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.