Struan Free Church, Struanmore, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church.
Struan Free Church, Struanmore, Skye
- WRENN ID
- other-hinge-evening
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NG 344 381
- Coordinates
- 57.35643, -6.41676
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Struan Free Church, located in Struanmore, Skye, was built in 1854-55. It is a simple rectangular church with two bays and a harled exterior. The south elevation features two tall round-headed windows with multi-pane glazing, while the north elevation has two windows with 12-pane glazing and a door in the center of the east gable.
Inside, the church has a straightforward original interior. It includes a two-stage pulpit located at the center of the south wall, enclosed by a railing. There is a gallery on three sides with a panelled front, supported by plain cast-iron columns.
Local climate
Struan Free Church, Struanmore, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,740 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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