Historic churches · Scottish Islands
Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso
Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-islands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB42027). 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 28/11/1984 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Burgh Thurso NGR ND 11501 68152 Coordinates 311501, 968152 — Church; David Smith, architect and builder, 1859. Gothic; coursed dressed rubble, tooled ashlar dressings. Orientated SE-NW with main entrance front to Sinclair Street, and rear access from Princes Street. Rectangular church with advanced tower in centre SE gabled front with pointed headed recessed porch in base of tower, clasped buttresses terminating in (truncated) pinnacles, octagonal belfry with lucarned spire. Cusped Y-tracery windows in 1st and 2nd stages of spire, louvred at 2nd stage; small pointed headed louvred vents in each face of octagonal belfry. Cusped Y-tracery windows flank entrance; similar windows light 5-bay side elevations. Large hoodmoulded Perpendicular window lights NW gable, fronted by low, single storey bowed vestry with Tudor arched entrance at left (blind similar entrance right); Easdale slate roof. Interior; simple galleried interior; canted U-shape gallery supported by plain cast-iron clustered columns, with panelled frontage; coffered ceiling; grained wooden pews; Gothic detailing to pulpit backboard. Church Room: contemporary. or near contemporary gabled Gothic church room at N angle, with large Perpendicular gabled porch entrance from Robertsons Lane. Polygonal end stack; slate roof. Low coped retaining wall with cast-iron spearhead railings and matching pair gates to Sinclair Street. Square tooled rubble pair gate piers with shallow pyramidal caps; similar end piers; dry stone wall to Princes Street. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Fronts Princes St. to NW and Robertsons Lane to NE. Formerly Free Church incorporating former Secession congregation. Spire measures 110 ft. Church built
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Thurso West Church and Church Rooms is located on Sinclair Street in Thurso, in the Scottish Islands. This category B listed building is notable for its historical significance within the local community.
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- Coordinates
- 58.5923, -3.5242
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- KW14 7AD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Sources
- wikidata: Q17830286 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso?
- Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW14 7AD).
- Is Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso a listed building?
- Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso free to visit?
- Yes, Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso is free to enter.
- How do I get to Thurso West Church and Church Rooms, Sinclair Street, Thurso?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW14 7AD. It sits within the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross parliamentary constituency.