St Columba's United Presbyterian Church, Southend is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church.

St Columba's United Presbyterian Church, Southend

WRENN ID
lunar-baluster-kestrel
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
NR 690 085
Coordinates
55.31639, -5.64107
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Columba's United Presbyterian Church in Southend was built in 1889 and designed by Robert Hay from Glasgow. It is constructed in a Georgian style and has an oblong shape. The front and sides are made of snecked rubble, while the rear is harled. The church features a piended slate roof, round-headed windows, and oculi. At the front, there is a projecting central pavilion topped with a belfry that has an ogee stone cap and a ball finial, which is inset with the date '1889'. A large window with a lunette is also present. The interior is plain and includes a gallery.

Outside, near the front, there are two square pillars made of ashlar and rendered, featuring deep recesses.

Local climate

St Columba's United Presbyterian Church, Southend sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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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