Church Of Scotland, Uig, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Church.
Church Of Scotland, Uig, Skye
- WRENN ID
- heavy-spandrel-rain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NG 397 641
- Coordinates
- 57.59174, -6.35624
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Church of Scotland in Uig, Skye, is a mid-19th century building characterized by its simple rectangular shape and whitewashed rubble construction with tooled margins. The south elevation features two long pointed Gothic windows with simple Y-tracery, which is echoed in the fanlight above the central door on the east gable, flanked by two small windows and a gallery window above. The church has Gothic glazing and a plain bellcote at the apex of the south gable, along with a ball finial on the north gable and a slate roof.
Inside, the church has a simple galleried interior. The surrounding churchyard is enclosed by rubble walls and includes drum gatepiers.
Local climate
Church Of Scotland, Uig, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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