St Sophia's Roman Catholic Chapel, Glendaruel is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Chapel.
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Chapel, Glendaruel
- WRENN ID
- dim-sentry-wagtail
- 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
- Chapel
- OS grid reference
- NR 996 866
- Coordinates
- 56.03088, -5.21697
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Chapel in Glendaruel was built in 1912 and is designed in the Gothic Revival style. It is a small structure made of stugged ashlar with a slated roof and features an apsidal end. The chapel has pointed windows and a gabled porch that is inset and inscribed with "WCHC/A. 1912. D." The interior is described as pleasing. There is a modern single-storey harled extension on the south elevation.
Local climate
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Chapel, Glendaruel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,790 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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