Risabus Oa Church, Islay is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Church.

Risabus Oa Church, Islay

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1980
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NR 314 436
Coordinates
55.61198, -6.26658
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Risabus Oa Church, built in 1828 by Thomas Telford, features a Gothick T-plan design. The church is harled and has a gabled structure, but it is currently roofless. It includes a belfry topped with a pyramidal stone cap, skews, and band courses. The pointed lattice windows and doorways are notable architectural elements. Only the walls of the church remain standing, and the interior has a floor covered in grass. There is also a memorial tablet dedicated to ministers who served from 1829 to 1930.

Local climate

Risabus Oa Church, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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