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St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose

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St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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About

St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB31803). 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 B Date Added 25/03/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Burgh Fortrose NGR NH 72772 56394 Coordinates 272772, 856394 — 1823-8; additions and alterations, Ross & Macbeth, 1891, 1904, Chancel, Ross & Macbeth, 1907, vestry dated 1913; Perpendicular, ashlar. Originally simple ractangle of 4 buttressed bays, the buttresses pinnacled, those at the angles being diagonally set with crocketted pinnacles; windows containing timber tracery and surmounted by hoodmoulds. The late 19th and early 20th-century alterations provided a semi-octagonal, pinnacled buttressed apse at the east, a similar gabled baptistry at the west, a gabled porch at the north-west and vestry at the north-east. Slated roofs. Interior, a re-casting of the late 19th/early 20th century; wrought-iron chancel screen; stone screen to baptistry; stone pulpit with stair-baluster of cast-iron and brass; stone font; plain pews; stained glass at apse, porch, baptistry and one south window, by Holt & Co, Warwick, early 20th-century.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

St Andrew's Episcopal Church is located on Academy Street in Fortrose, within the Scottish Highlands. This category B listed building is notable for its architectural significance and historical value.

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Coordinates
57.5796, -4.1293
District
Highland
Postcode
IV10 8TB
Parliamentary constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose?
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV10 8TB).
Is St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose a listed building?
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose free to visit?
Yes, St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose is free to enter.
How do I get to St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Academy Street, Fortrose?
Drivers can navigate to postcode IV10 8TB. It sits within the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross parliamentary constituency.