Glen Spean Roman Catholic Church Of St Cyril, Achlauchrach is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Glen Spean Roman Catholic Church Of St Cyril, Achlauchrach
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-merlon-wax
- Grade
- B
- 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 306 812
- Coordinates
- 56.89126, -4.78088
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a small, simple rectangular Roman Catholic church of the later 19th century, situated in Glen Spean. It is believed to have been restored and rebuilt by Reginald Fairlie. The church is constructed of rubble with tooled rubble dressings, and incorporates a re-used moulded window jamb in the north-east window. The entrance is on the south-west side, and there are paired windows in the east gable. A small bellcote is located at the apex of the west gable, and the roof is slate.
The church site includes a small burial ground containing tombs from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, and includes a fine 20th-century Celtic cross. The building occupies an earlier site and contains fragments of an earlier church. It stands on a commanding position on a ridge overlooking Glen Spean. The church is currently in ecclesiastical use.
Local climate
Glen Spean Roman Catholic Church Of St Cyril, Achlauchrach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,780 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 78 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 61 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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