Free Church, Uig, Skye is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Church.
Free Church, Uig, Skye
- WRENN ID
- vast-stair-scarlet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NG 397 634
- Coordinates
- 57.58567, -6.3564
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Free Church in Uig, Skye, was built by Ross and Joass between 1860 and 1861. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble with painted margins and features a simple rectangular shape. A square tower is integrated into the west gable, rising one stage above the church and showcasing paired rounded windows on each side of the upper stage. The building is topped with a pyramidal slate roof that includes cast-iron brattishing.
At the base of the tower, there is a 4-centred arched entrance, along with three small round-headed windows at the base of the west gable. Above these, there is a pair of long similar windows and a quatrefoil window at the apex. The flanks of the church are simple and consist of three bays, with a vestry wing located at the rear, also featuring a slate roof.
Local climate
Free Church, Uig, Skye 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 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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