Tiree Parish Church, Kirkapol, Tiree is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church.
Tiree Parish Church, Kirkapol, Tiree
- WRENN ID
- standing-basalt-jet
- 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 040 468
- Coordinates
- 56.51987, -6.81316
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Tiree Parish Church, located in Kirkapol, was built by Peter MacNab between 1843 and 1844. The church has an oblong shape and is constructed from coursed rubble with a piended slate roof. It features a projecting central pavilion and a belfry topped with an obelisk-like cap. The windows, some of which are slightly pointed, are arranged in two ranges. Inside, the church has a plain design with a gallery on three sides supported by slim cast-iron pillars, and a large high pulpit.
Local climate
Tiree Parish Church, Kirkapol, Tiree sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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