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

Kilfinan Church

WRENN ID
cold-cornice-juniper
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 934 788
Coordinates
55.95848, -5.31069
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilfinan Church is a parish church with a main structure that likely dates back to the 13th century, although it has undergone alterations, notably in 1759 and again in 1882 by architect John Honeyman. The church is now harled, with exposed dressings that are all comparatively modern. Its east-west orientation and plan suggest a medieval origin.

On the north side, there is a crow-stepped aisle belonging to the Lamont family, dated 1633, which is now sealed off from the main church. This aisle features a rubble-built gable with a forestair, and a loft door that has been converted into a window. The west-facing entrance to a burial vault is iron-gated, and some stones within display interlace ornamentation. The east gable includes a Gothic hood-moulded pointed doorway, which features a pair of inset shafts and a cusped oculus above, adorned with dog-tooth detailing, all designed by Honeyman. Other openings have been re-ordered, primarily consisting of single light and bipartite windows with chamfered jambs and pointed heads, also likely added by Honeyman. The west gable has a plain door and a gallery-level window beneath a bird-cage apex belfry.

Additionally, there is a 17th-century sundial set in the southeast angle of the church. The building has straight skews and slate roofs, and the interior design is also attributed to Honeyman.

Local climate

Kilfinan Church 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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