Ardnamurchan Parish Church Of Scotland, Kilchoan

William Burn, 1827-31. T-plan church, rubble with tooled

ashlar dressings; centre gabled wing projects from south

elevation; long rear (north) elevation. South gable

terminates with small rectangular tower with paired

round-headed louvred openings in long sides, and single

openings in east and west short sides. Tower now capped with

modern roofing felt in place of former spire. Depressed

pointed headed doorways in centre of south, east and west

(blocked) gables; similarly detailed windows, 1 in centre

of east and south gables, blocked in west, and 1 each in

south elevation and 4 in long north wall; painted wooden

transom and mullion, shallow Y-tracery, lattice-pane glazing.

2 small round headed windows light east and west elevations

of centre gable, some windows blind in ground floor, west.

Diagonal buttresses to all angles; diagonally set paired

stacks at east wallhead of centre wing; exaggerated

skewputts; slate roof.

Small burial site with retaining walls in SW re-entrant

angle.

Interior; simple galleried interior with original pulpit in

centre of north wall. Tall hexagonal and panelled pulpit

with simple panelled backboard and hexagonal sounding board

decorated with slender finials and pendants; pulpit stairs

with polished wooden handrail and simple balusters. Plain

wooden fronted galleries fill 3 arms of church, reached by

stairs fronting each entrance. 2 iron lamp holders fixed to

south gallery ledge; entrance from south gallery leads to

former Heritor's retiring room.

Enclosing wall; simple drystone enclosing walls surround

church; plain copes.