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Plockton, Innes Street, 1-6 Old Church Court
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Plockton, Innes Street, 1-6 Old Church Court
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Former Free Church; Plockton Free Church And Churchyard Walls
Canmore ID 99563
Site Number NG83SW 29
NGR NG 80334 33368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99563
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Most of Plockton's public buildings are in Innes Street:
Plockton High School, Shearer and Annand for Ross & Cromarty County Council, 1964, a complex of flat-roofed blocks lying long and low above the village, with later extensions of 1969 and 1980.
Primary School, Alexander Ross, 1858, a pretty contrast in Ross's simple gothic style, reminiscent of his Episcopal churches in the Highlands; corrugated iron annex, probably 1889. Church of Scotland, William Thomson, 1825-7, a harled Parliamentary church with a panelled gallery filling much of its T-plan interior; pierced wooden ceiling a later addition. Contemporary manse, James Smith's single-storey, shallow U-plan design. Free Church, c.1845, refitted and improved by Alexander Ross, 1869; converted to flats in a reprieve from proposed demolition by Philip Cocker Assocs, 1993. The long street elevation of this double-gabled building was previously blind except for the entrance, which is now flanked by pairs of long lights reminiscent of the ventilation slits that are a feature of local barns.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Plockton, Innes Street, Free Church.
ARCHITECT: Alexander Ross (I. A. April 9, 1869) Refitting and improvements.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
