MHG31190 - Latheron Free Church
Summary
C19 free church. Roofless shell currently being restored.
Type and Period (1)
- FREE CHURCH (Built, 19th Century - 1843 AD? to 1872 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Planning app to convert church building. Site visit 26/09/2002 showed building in bad condition. Part of the walls missing, windows etc falling out. Iternal fittings badly damaged. Small original school building to N seemed to be intact. - HAW 9/2002
The Free Church is depicted on the 1st edition 25" OS map c.1872 <1>. Site visit 18/06/2009. Work to convert the building on-going and the building has been reduced to a shell. Roof has been removed and only small fragments of painted plaster remain <2> <3>.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG25343 Dataset: RCAHMS. 04/2011. Buildings at Risk Register extract. xls. Site 820.
- <1> SHG23773 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1871-3. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25 inch map: Caithness (surveyed 1870-72). Digital.
- <2> SHG23286 Verbal Communication: Puls, A. Comment by Andrew Puls, HC Archaeologist.
- <3> SHG23993 Image/Photograph(s): Puls, A. Site Visit Photographs. Colour. . Digital. 18/06/2009.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1990 3357 (25m by 25m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND13SE |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/BAR/detail.aspx?sctID=0820 (Buildings at Risk register entry)
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