Nairn, King Street, Community Centre
Church (19th Century), Community Centre (20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Site Name Nairn, King Street, Community Centre
Classification Church (19th Century), Community Centre (20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Free Church
Canmore ID 110201
Site Number NH85NE 183
NGR NH 88315 56570
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/110201
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
The King Street, Nairn drill hall was built as a Free Church in 1843 but was in use as a drill hall by 1914, when it was the drill station for "F" Squadron, 2nd Lovat Scouts, the base for the ammunition column of the Inverness Royal Horse Artillery, and the base for "B" Company, 4th battalion Cameron Highlanders. The large former church hall is four bays long with a two-storey block behind. A later 20th-century two-storey flat-roofed extension has been added on the side. The building is reported as boarded up and no longer in use.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 21 June 2013.
Publication Account (1999)
The Free Kirk on King Street (now the Community Centre) was the first purpose-built Free Kirk in Scotland being dedicated only three weeks after the Disruption of 1843.
Information from - ‘Historic Nairn: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1999).
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
