Craignish Parish Church, Ardfern is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church.

Craignish Parish Church, Ardfern

WRENN ID
drifting-rafter-owl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NM 804 041
Coordinates
56.17934, -5.53953
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Craignish Parish Church, located in Ardfern, was built in 1826 and is designed in the Georgian style. The building has an oblong shape and features a harled exterior with a piended slate roof.

It includes a projecting central pavilion, a chimney, and blank oculi, with a stone inscribed 'AD, 1826' and a blank door. The church has round-headed windows and an entrance at the west end, along with a piended addition on the south side. The interior is plain and includes galleries. Notably, there is a bell that was given by Captain Archibald Campbell in 1750 and was re-cast in 1852.

Local climate

Craignish Parish Church, Ardfern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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