Saint Gerardine's Church, Saint Gerardine's Road, Branderburgh, Lossiemouth

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 26/01/1971 Local Authority Moray Planning Authority Moray Burgh Lossiemouth NGR NJ 23265 70568 Coordinates 323265, 870568 — Sir John J Burnet, architect, 1899-1903. L-plan range combining church and ancillary buildings on E facing hill-top site; church terminates at E with square 2-storey tower. Harled, tooled ashlar dressings. Substantial gabled entrane porch abuts S elevation of tower with high round-headed entrance closed by double-leaf wooden doors. 2 further entrances in E facing ancillary range. Wide 3-light windows close to eaves. Round-headed louvred bipartites in each face of 2nd stage of tower with long and short detailing and nook shafts; corbelled wallhead; squat red tiled spire with weather-cock. Long and short detailing to all windows, some round-headed and all small with lattice-pane glazing. Red tile roofs. INTERIOR: church orientated W and gallery in tower at E and with arcaded S aisle. Harled interior with much use of varied coloured ashlar dressings, to round-arched arcade, all window reveals and chancel walls. Paired round-headed Romanesque windows light W gable, with nook shafts and some coloured glass. Canted ashlar pulpit. Panelled front to gallery; simple pine pews with brass umbrella/walking stick retainers fitted to each pew end. Braced barrel vaulted timber ceiling with some cusped detailing at chancel. COLUMN: freestanding column from former Drainie parish Church, with Corinthian detailing to damaged capital and carved base, set to E of ancilliary wing. Column stands on square granite base. ENCLOSING WALLS: church surround by low rubble walls. GATEPIERS: main entrance flanked by square rubble tooled ashlar gatepeirs with flat caps and substantial end piers with squat conical finials. — Ecclesiastical building in use as s

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.