Church Of Scotland, Canna is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church Of Scotland, Canna
- WRENN ID
- dim-sandstone-storm
- 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 276 053
- Coordinates
- 57.05868, -6.4935
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Church of Scotland in Canna, designed by P MacGregor Chalmers between 1912 and 1914, is a small rectangular church oriented east-west. It features a round Irish tower at the center of the west gable, constructed entirely from random rubble. The entrance is located at the southwest with a simple plank door and a rubble lintel that projects as a cornice. The church has three bays on the flanks with asymmetrical fenestration, including small pointed-headed windows and a pair of similar windows in both the east and west gables. The tower tapers and has four pointed-headed vents at its apex, which are fitted with slate louvres.
Inside, the church has a rubble vaulted interior with a low canted wooden pulpit at the east end, above which is a mural memorial tablet. A long communion table runs down the center, flanked on each side by two rows of benches, with short cross benches at the east.
The burial ground is a simple rectangular enclosure made of rubble walls, containing a single tomb. The pedestrian entrance is closed by a wrought- and cast-iron gate that features ornate decorative detailing.
Local climate
Church Of Scotland, Canna sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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