Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.

Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton

WRENN ID
tired-iron-meadow
Grade
A
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
Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton, IV52 8TW
OS grid reference
NG 802 333
Coordinates
57.3371, -5.65256
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an A-grade church, built in 1827/28 by Thomas Telford, with plans and specifications prepared by James Smith under Telford’s direction. It is an ecclesiastical building in use as such, informally known as a "Parliamentary Church," and is comparable in style to Hallin Church in Duirinish and Stenscholl Church in Staffin (Kilmuir).

The church is constructed with harled walls and tooled ashlar margins, arranged in a T-plan with a four-bay main elevation facing west. The west front features two round-headed windows centred between four-centred headed doorways. The gable and rear faces mirror this design. Each window is a two-light design with a Y-astragal and diamond-leaded panes. A bellcote with a stumpy pinnacle sits atop the south gable, and the roof is covered with West Highland slate.

The interior is simple, with a panelled gallery running along three sides. Original fittings remain, including a polygonal, panelled pulpit with a panelled rear and reeded pilasters.

The graveyard is enclosed by a drystone wall, and a square rubble wall marks the entrance. The gatepiers have lost their finials. The church is designated as a group with the nearby Plockton Old Manse.

Local climate

Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,100 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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