United Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochinver is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1984. Church. 2 related planning applications.
United Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochinver
- WRENN ID
- first-cornice-starling
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- United Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochinver, IV27 4LJ
- OS grid reference
- NC 095 230
- Coordinates
- 58.15552, -5.23894
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The United Free Church of Scotland in Lochinver is a low rectangular church built in 1893, oriented east-west. It features rubble construction with tooled dressings. The west gable has a squat pointed-headed five-light window with simple cusping at its center. At the southeast angle, there is a stumpy square two-stage tower with a round-headed entrance at the base. The tower has string courses between the ground and the first stage belfry, which includes louvred lunettes on each face and a shallow pyramidal roof topped with cast-iron apex finials. The flanks of the church have three-bay sides with three-light squat pointed-headed windows, which are fitted with lattice-pane glazing, while the east window features stained glass decoration. There is a small vestry at the west gable, and the church has slate roofs with a ridge ventilator.
Local climate
United Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochinver sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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