Stenscholl Parish Church, Staffin, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. 1 related planning application.
Stenscholl Parish Church, Staffin, Skye
- WRENN ID
- muffled-zinc-thunder
- 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
- Address
- Stenscholl Parish Church, Staffin, Skye, IV51 9JX
- OS grid reference
- NG 489 673
- Coordinates
- 57.62561, -6.20711
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Stenscholl Parish Church is an 1828 church designed by Thomas Telford, with repairs carried out by William Laurie in 1856. Constructed of coursed rubble with tooled dressings, the entire building is whitewashed. The church is arranged in a T-plan, presenting a four-bay front elevation to the north. It features two round-headed windows centrally, flanking round-headed doorways, with rear windows mirroring the front design. All windows are Gothic style with two lights and lattice pane glazing. A birdcage belfry sits atop the west gable apex, and a stone finial marks the east gable apex. The roof is slate.
Inside, the original pulpit and sounding board remain, along with plain pine pews. The church is an ecclesiastical building currently in use as such. Its unusual orientation links it to other "Parliamentary Churches", such as Hallin (Duirinish) and Plockton (Lochalsh).
Local climate
Stenscholl Parish Church, Staffin, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,850 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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