St Moluag's Church, Teampull Mholuaidh, Eoropie, Lewis is a Grade A listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
St Moluag's Church, Teampull Mholuaidh, Eoropie, Lewis
- WRENN ID
- stranded-outpost-fen
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NB 519 651
- Coordinates
- 58.5037, -6.26017
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Moluag’s Church, located in Eoropie, Lewis, is a medieval church. The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland suggests a 14th-century date, while W.D. Simpson proposes a 12th-13th-century origin. The church fell into ruin and was restored and re-roofed under the supervision of James S. Richardson in 1911-12. It has a rectangular plan, but at the east end, there are small lean-to spaces sharing the gable wall. To the north is an intercommunicating sacristy, and to the south, a chapel with its own entrance door on its west wall; Simpson noted similarities between this plan and Norse buildings such as Gardar.
The church is built of rubble with ashlar dressings, many of which were replaced by Richardson during the restoration, including those around the entrance door. There is a single light window in each gable. It has slate roofs, similar to those found at Rodel. The church is set within a small churchyard enclosed by a plain rubble dyke, and includes a tall revivalist Celtic cross of the St John's Iona type.
A 1631 bell, believed to be the original bell from Stornoway kirk, along with other artefacts associated with the building, are now housed in the Episcopal Church in Stornoway. The church is an ecclesiastical building and is used infrequently for religious services.
Local climate
St Moluag's Church, Teampull Mholuaidh, Eoropie, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 3 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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