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Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute

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Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute — category C listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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30 min–1 h
  • Free entry
  • Family-friendly

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Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute is a category C listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB44853). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 24/03/1997 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Burgh Rothesay NGR NS 08849 64462 Coordinates 208849, 664462 — Duncan Dewar, 1911. Asymmetrical 2-storey with attic, 2-bay former United Free church with projecting Flemish-style tower to right; advanced gabled bay at centre; later single storey additions to S and E. Coursed, slightly bull-faced sandstone; polished sandstone dressings. Raised base course; corniced openings at ground and 1st floors; skewed gables; corniced eaves; overhanging bracketed eaves to square-plan tower. Raised ashlar quoins; long and short surrounds to openings; chamfered cills at ground to E; projecting cills to N; stone mullions; stained glazing. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone to sides and rear; polished dressings; harled later additions. E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to tripartite entrance centred at ground; part-glazed 2-leaf timber panelled door; flanking bipartite windows; architraved panel dated ?1911? centred above. 6-light glazing row aligned at 1st floor; ?Enter His Courts With Thanksgiving? embossed in architraved panel below; circular attic window centred in apex. Advanced tower off-set to right of centre; curved hoodmould surmounting single circular window at ground; tripartite window aligned at 1st floor; 4 louvred openings equally disposed beneath slightly bell-cast modillioned eaves. Bipartite window at ground in single storey addition recessed to outer right. N (SIDE) ELEVATION: 5-bay with single storey additions to outer left. Corniced tripartite windows at ground and 1st floors in gabled bay to outer right; bipartite windows at ground in 4 bays to left; tripartite window set in single storey addition to outer left; flat-roofed, single storey addition beyond. Predominantly

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

The Former United Free Church is located in Rothesay, Bute, within the Scottish Highlands. This building is designated as a category C listed structure, reflecting its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
55.8354, -5.0540
Postcode
PA20 9AZ
Parliamentary constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute?
Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA20 9AZ).
Is Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute a listed building?
Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute is officially recognised as category C listed building listed.
Is Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute free to visit?
Yes, Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute is free to enter.
How do I get to Former United Free Church, Rothesay, Bute?
Drivers can navigate to postcode PA20 9AZ. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.