Manish Free Church, Harris is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 November 1991. Church.
Manish Free Church, Harris
- WRENN ID
- lunar-flagstone-magpie
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1991
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NG 101 891
- Coordinates
- 57.798, -6.88006
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Manish Free Church, built in 1853, features a manse alongside it, which is listed separately. The church was largely established through the efforts of Iain Godha, also known as John Morison, who was a bard and evangelist. The exterior is harled with slate roofs.
The church has an unusual double-pile design with an M-shaped roof. It includes flat-lintelled single windows, sash and case, with a horizontal glazing pattern. The east entrance front has three bays with pointed Gothic openings, a doorway set in a shallow advanced gable, and blind outer windows. There is a low gabled vestry outshot on the west flank, located behind the pulpit, as well as a modern lavatory addition.
Inside, cast-iron columns support the valley roof, with v-lining on the ceiling, dados, and behind the pulpit. The pulpit and precentor's box feature plain timber panels. Iain Godha, who was a blacksmith by trade, is believed to have contributed to the church's construction, including providing ironwork such as hinges for the pulpit.
Local climate
Manish Free Church, Harris sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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