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Achimenach, Reay Free Church And Walled Memorial
Church (19th Century), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), School (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achimenach, Reay Free Church And Walled Memorial
Classification Church (19th Century), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), School (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Shebster United Free Church; Shebster School
Canmore ID 101239
Site Number ND06SW 151
NGR ND 02440 64039
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101239
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Double pile, double aisle church with symmetrical twin gabled south front. Tooled rubble south front, tooled ashlar dressings, harl pointed rubble flanks and rear. Paired round-headed centre doors, flanked by 4 round-headed windows; bandcourse at eaves level links skewputts; blind Gothic window in each gable; octagonal bellcote corbelled from square plinth
rises from central valley, centre front, with octagonal facetted and finialled spire; octagonal apex stacks. 5-sided Minister's porch projects from centre of west elevation, with Tudor headed doorway and windows; tall corniced ridge stack. Caithness slate roofs; ball finials to rear gable apexes. Interior; plain interior now divided into two down centre.
Short memorial obelisk stands in front of church within rubble walled enclosure; front quadrants with centre entrance with double wooden gates and pair plain Caithness slab gate piers. (Historic Scotland)
