2016

NN1073 : Former Macintosh Memorial Church

taken 8 years ago, near to Fort William/An Gearasdan, Highland, Scotland

Former Macintosh Memorial Church
Former Macintosh Memorial Church
Located in Fassifern Road, Fort William. Category C listed church designed by architect Sydney Mitchell, and built 1890. The church closed to worshippers in 2007 and was becoming derelict. However, in late 2015, the building was transformed into an indoor climbing centre named Three Wise Monkeys, offering climbing and bouldering walls, café, yoga classes, climbing shop, sports massage and more.
Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Religious sites City, Town centre Place: Fort William Primary Subject: Sports Facility other tags: Former Church Climbing Centre Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Fassifern Road [7] · MacIntosh Memorial Church [5] ·
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NN1073, 292 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Richard Dorrell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 25 August, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 13 November, 2016
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OSGB36: geotagged! NN 1020 7380 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:49.0107N 5:6.6762W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NN 1020 7377
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