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St Stephen’s Church (Church of Scotland) is located in what is now known as the Crown area of Inverness (although its location was when built known as Barnhill, with Crown being then the are further north west) – the mainly residential plateau above Inverness City Centre. The church building occupies a prominent position at the crossroads of Old Edinburgh Road and Southside Road. At the time of its building, the town of Inverness was already greatly expanding and the Barnhill and Crown areas were rapidly acquiring new housing to meet the needs of those employed in Inverness. The former farm land was conveniently located for the town centre, where many people found employment in the Highland Railway Company which was headquartered in Inverness. At that time all of the town’s churches were located in the town centre, strung along the banks of the River Ness, and the building of St Stephens would be the first to break free from that trend. Indeed the United Free (UF) Church had already considered building a church in the Crown area, and the site where St Stephens now stands was one possible site, as was where St John’s Episcopal now is (built 1903), further along Southside Road towards the Town Centre. Crown UF Church was subsequently built (1897) on another of the previously mooted sites, even nearer the town centre. The church is a lovely building with a novel “needle” spire. Was it cost or exposure to the wind that resulted in that design of spire, I wonder. In any event, it sets the squat building off quite nicely. Of interest is the fact that is its NOT built of local sandstone - The exterior is carefully detailed Arts and Crafts Gothic in coursed rubble or freestone from Rosebrae Quarries in Morayshire. There is a slated roof with a red-tiled roof ridge which gives added colour. The church, which is now linked to the Old High and shares the same minister, was built to the design of W.L. Carruthers. The foundation stone was laid at the end of August 1896 and was completed, free of debt, in the Autumn of 1897 for a cost of £3450 and dedicated on Friday 15th October 1897. It also has interesting stained glass within oldhighststephens.com/location/ |
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| Author | Dave Conner from Inverness, Scotland |
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