Gatepiers and boundary wall, Kilmallie Parish Church, Corpach is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Gatepiers and boundary wall, Kilmallie Parish Church, Corpach
- WRENN ID
- hidden-tin-sepia
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 091 769
- Coordinates
- 56.8446, -5.13146
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a church building in Kilmallie Parish, Corpach, initially constructed in 1783 and substantially renovated in 1890. The building was built at a cost of $440 in what was considered a central location within the parish, approximately 36 miles from its boundary.
The south front of the church has four bays. A former doorway in the left outer bay has been converted to a window, while the entrance is now masked by a projecting gabled porch built in the late 19th century. The porch features a round-headed doorway with a double-leaf plank door and ornate cast-iron hinges. A small, modern vestry is located in the southeast re-entrant angle. Large, round-headed windows, dating from 1890, are featured across the front, each with circular geometric tracery and either stained or lattice pane glazing. A small, mural sundial is set into the centre of the south elevation. A bellcote with a ribbed cap and ball finial is located at the west gable, and a ball finial tops the east apex. The roof is slate-covered.
The interior was reconfigured in 1890, featuring a braced timber ceiling and an octagonal, panelled timber pulpit. A brass eagle lectern, added in 1907, is also present, along with a stone font on a stem. Several mural memorials are dedicated to members of the Cameron families of Lochiel, Inverailort, and Drimnasallie. A memorial stained-glass window was installed in the west gable in 1890, and a single stained glass window by Gordon Wilson of Glasgow was added in 1957.
The church is enclosed by a drystone boundary wall, flanked by a pair of square, tooled rubble gate piers with pyramidal caps. Within the enclosure, near the church entrance, stands a square, tapering ashlar memorial on a stepped base with swags and decorative detailing. The memorial is topped by a headless, robed figure and inscribed to the memory of Sir Alexander Cameron of Inverailort, who died in 1850. A further memorial window (1890) commemorates Dr. Archibald Clerk, Minister of Kilmallie from 1844 to 1887, a noted Gaelic scholar. A modern parish room at the rear is not included as part of the listed structure.
Local climate
Gatepiers and boundary wall, Kilmallie Parish Church, Corpach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,040 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 48 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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