Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. 2 related planning applications.

Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton

WRENN ID
sombre-mullion-swift
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Address
Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton, IV54 8YS
OS grid reference
NG 915 413
Coordinates
57.41487, -5.47337
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lochcarron Parish Church, built around 1840, is a tall, rectangular church constructed with harled walls and ashlar margins. The south elevation is dominated by four long Gothic windows featuring Y-tracery, wooden mullions, and multi-pane glazing. There are two smaller pointed-head windows in the east gable, and the entrance is situated in the centre of the west gable, now concealed behind a modern glazed porch. A squat bellcote with pinnacles sits atop the west gable, and a cross is positioned at the east gable apex. The roof is slate.

The interior is simple and appears to have been remodeled in the late 19th century. A gallery occupies the west end, and a long communion table is present. The church was originally designed to accommodate 700 to 800 people; the current layout provides less seating. The communion table is likely original, though the pulpit is not. The east gable windows and the present interior arrangement may be the work of Alexander Ross, dating to 1883. This building replaced an earlier church from 1751; the ruins and burial ground of that earlier church are located 200 yards to the west.

Local climate

Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,030 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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