St Cian's Church Of Scotland, Achnacarry

St Cian's Church of Scotland is a simple, rectangular church built around 1911 by P MacGregor Chalmers. The building is oriented northwest-southeast, and consists of a four-bay nave, a single-bay chancel slightly lower at the southeastern gable, and a three-stage square tower at the northwestern end, which is slightly diminished in size at the upper stage. The church is constructed of random rubble with tooled rubble dressings. A round-headed entrance is located in the northeastern elevation of the tower, and a round-headed window above illuminates a minister’s room. The upper stage of the tower features long openings on each face, with paired round heads and a single centre polished ashlar columnar mullion. The steeply pitched slated pyramidal roof terminates in a cast-iron apex weathervane. Four narrow, pointed-headed windows light the nave, with similar windows on each side of the chancel, which also has a longer window in the southeastern gable. Gable apex crosses are present, and the roofs are slate.

The interior includes an entrance lobby in the base of the tower, with a staircase leading to the first-floor minister’s room. The church interior is of simple rubble construction. A round-headed arch marks the entrance to the chancel, which has a ribbed, barrel-vaulted roof with polished timber ceiling. A stained glass memorial window is located in the southeastern gable above a plaque commemorating those who fell in the 1914-18 war. Additional stained glass windows are present, one dating from 1931 and another from around 1953 by Gordon Wilson, both located in the entrance lobby. The building is currently in use as an ecclesiastical building.