Kilmaglash Parish Church And Sculptured Stones, Strachur is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church.

Kilmaglash Parish Church And Sculptured Stones, Strachur

WRENN ID
eastward-latch-frost
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
NN 095 015
Coordinates
56.16826, -5.06861
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilmaglash Parish Church, built in 1787, is a Georgian-style oblong structure. The church features old graveslabs incorporated into its walls and has a thinly rendered exterior. It has a skew-gabled shape with a slated roof and a tiled crested ridge. The building includes band courses and has oculus and round-headed windows at each end. On the south side, there is a central pavilion topped with a belfry that has an ogee stone roof supported by square piers. Inside, the church boasts an open timber roof and a gallery that includes the Strachur loft. Notably, it also houses the grave slab of General John Campbell.

Local climate

Kilmaglash Parish Church And Sculptured Stones, Strachur sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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