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

Scalasaig Parish Church, Scalasaig, Colonsay

WRENN ID
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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
Address
Scalasaig Parish Church, Scalasaig, Colonsay, PA61 7YW
OS grid reference
NR 389 940
Coordinates
56.06824, -6.19559
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Scalasaig Parish Church, located in Scalasaig on the island of Colonsay, was built in 1802 and designed by Michael Carmichael in the Georgian style. The church has an oblong shape and is rendered with a piended slate roof. It features round-headed windows and a projecting central pavilion, which includes a distinctive belfry. The church also has a semi-circular bay topped with a semi-conical roof.

Inside, the church has undergone alterations; it previously had a gallery that was accessed by external stairs at both ends, which have since been removed. The interior boasts a coombed panelled ceiling.

Local climate

Scalasaig Parish Church, Scalasaig, Colonsay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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