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
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- 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.
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