Kilarrow Parish Church, Bowmore, Islay is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church.
Kilarrow Parish Church, Bowmore, Islay
- WRENN ID
- silver-spindle-dew
- Grade
- A
- 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 311 596
- Coordinates
- 55.75506, -6.28638
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilarrow Parish Church, located in Bowmore on Islay, was built between 1767 and 1769 and is designed in the Georgian style. The church has a circular shape with a conical slate roof and harled exterior.
At the northwest corner, there is an ashlar steeple that consists of an upper part divided into four stages, featuring a domed cap, round-headed louvres, and blank panels. The lower part has a pediment, an inscribed panel, quoins, and a segmental fanlight above the doorway, which is accessed by a forestair.
Inside, there is a central cast-iron pier, and a gallery was added around 1830. The church was re-seated around 1880. Notable features include a sarcophagus belonging to Campbell of Islay and several mural tablets. An organ was installed around 1890.
Local climate
Kilarrow Parish Church, Bowmore, 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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