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Resolis Parish Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Resolis Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Canmore ID 108330
Site Number NH66NE 71
NGR NH 67864 65481
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108330
- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
TBS recorded this modest parish church which it is proposed to close and sell along with the nearby Urquhart Church
In 1767 James Boag built a harled rectangular church 18.820 metres East – West by 10.150 metres North – South. In 1787 porches were added to the East and West and the unusual pair of porches with catslide roofs were added to the North. These take advantage of the sloping site to provide access to the U-plan gallery by means of only short flights of steps. These appear to adopt the same principle as used in the Inverness Bank Barn were access to two floors is afforded utilising a sloping site.
In 1838-40 William Robertson of Elgin added the vestry to the South with its own access stair and ‘Tudor’ chimney. He appears also to have remodelled the interior providing a new pulpit with Gothick sounding board and new gallery fronts.
A Maitland and Sons carried out alterations in 1875, 1887 and 1896 these included replacing the timber supports for the gallery with the existing cast iron columns which are wood grained.
The Nineteenth Century lamps and their brackets survive as does the 1787 bell. It is inscribed: ”GEORGE WATT FECIT ST NINIANS ROW EDINBURGH DUHG”. The initials are for David Urquhart and Helen Gordon of Braelangwell and Newhall. RCAHMS STG
NH66NE 71 67862 65488
Resolis Parish Church was built in 1767. James Boag was the architect. It is harled with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The church was remodeled in 1830 and further alterations made between 1838 and 1840 by William Robertson. More work was carried out in 1875, 1887 and 1896. The bell is dated 1787 and was made by George Watt of Edinburgh.
S Farrell 2003