Parish Church, Church Of Scotland, Acharacle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.

Parish Church, Church Of Scotland, Acharacle

WRENN ID
salt-doorway-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Parish Church of Scotland in Acharacle was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1829. It is a simple rectangular Parliamentary church featuring a four-bay northeast frontage made of rubble, with harled flanks and rear, and dressed with tooled ashlar. The outer bays have double leaf doors set in shallow pointed arches, although the left door is blocked. The center bays on the front and rear also have similar arch details for the windows, along with single windows in the northwest and southeast gables. These windows retain their original cast-iron frames, which include a central mullion, shallow Y-tracery, and lattice-pane glazing. At the southeast gable apex, there is a standard Parliamentary church bellcote, and the building is topped with a slate roof. A small single-storey vestry has been added to the rear.

Inside, the church has a simple layout that is oriented towards the southeast gable.

The church is surrounded by a burial ground enclosed by simple rubble walls. Additionally, there is another walled burial ground to the northeast that slopes down to the road. This area features a crenellated entrance arch, which serves as a war memorial arch made of bullfaced rubble, with plaques set into its outer faces. The lower burial ground is marked by simple walls topped with rounded, roughly tooled copes.

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