Manse, Griminish Church Of Scotland, Benbecula is a Grade C listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 April 1985. Church, manse.
Manse, Griminish Church Of Scotland, Benbecula
- WRENN ID
- winter-ember-ivy
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Church, manse
- OS grid reference
- NF 800 519
- Coordinates
- 57.44435, -7.33568
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Manse of Griminish Church of Scotland, dated 1886, is situated on a slight rise and faces south. The building is constructed from rubble, with the church's south gable harled and all surfaces whitewashed. The church has a rectangular plan with three bays, featuring a gabled porch on the south side, a vestry on the north, and a modern hall extending beyond. It has square-headed openings and tall windows with small panes, with stacks set back over the angles at the south and a carved apex belfry above the datestone. The roof is made of slate.
Inside the church, there is a four-sided pulpit with a panelled front, steps leading to the west, and a shaped back board.
The manse is a single-storey building with an attic, comprising three bays and a central lean-to porch. It features gabled wall-head dormers, small-paned windows, end stacks, and a tile roof, along with a low rear wing.
Local climate
Manse, Griminish Church Of Scotland, Benbecula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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