Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochcarron is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. 1 related planning application.
Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochcarron
- WRENN ID
- tilted-lead-yarrow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- OS grid reference
- NG 894 391
- Coordinates
- 57.3942, -5.50591
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a Free Church of Scotland church built in 1846 and altered in 1859 by Ross & Joass. It is a T-plan building with harled walls. The north elevation features a projecting gabled wing with a wide central doorway containing a double plank door and a round-headed fanlight with intersecting tracery, flanked by two taller, round-headed windows, and a smaller window above. Single round-headed windows are set into the north elevation, and four similar windows are symmetrically placed on the south elevation. All windows are tall and have a thick central wooden mullion terminating in simple Y-tracery, with multi-pane glazing. The roof is slate covered. Modern single-storey lean-to extensions have been added to the east and west gables. The interior is galleried, with a five-sided gallery supported by a cast-iron column with acanthus leaf decoration to the capitals. Original fittings, including the pulpit, remain. The building is still in ecclesiastical use and is mentioned in Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, ii (1906) p.228. Further information is available from the Buildings of Scotland Research Unit.
Local climate
Free Church Of Scotland Church, Lochcarron sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,030 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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