Kilmodan Church is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Kirk. 2 related planning applications.

Kilmodan Church

WRENN ID
slow-remnant-violet
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
Kirk
OS grid reference
NR 995 841
Coordinates
56.00853, -5.21741
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilmodan Church is a Georgian building dating from 1783, designed in a T-plan layout. The front is rendered, while the ends and rear are harled. It features a piended slated roof, band-courses, and segmental-arched windows. There is an inset from an earlier church that includes shields, one of which is inscribed 'SDC/1610.' The church has a central pavilion with oculi and a 'bird-cage' belfry. Inside, the space is lit by a cupola and includes lofts in three arms, as well as two long narrow Communion tables. There is also a memorial dedicated to Rev John Maclaurin, who served as minister from 1689 to 1699, along with tributes to his notable sons.

Local climate

Kilmodan 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 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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