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Episcopal Church Of St John, Ballachulish

A Category C Listed Building in Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.678 / 56°40'40"N

Longitude: -5.1557 / 5°9'20"W

OS Eastings: 206774

OS Northings: 758477

OS Grid: NN067584

Mapcode National: GBR FCN2.74H

Mapcode Global: WH1GH.SD2X

Plus Code: 9C8PMRHV+5P

Entry Name: Episcopal Church Of St John, Ballachulish

Listing Name: Ballachulish, Episcopal Church of St John

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338609

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6885

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200338609

Location: Lismore and Appin

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Parish: Lismore And Appin

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

MacNab, Oban, architect. Nave dated 1842. Chancel added
1888. Tall cruciform rubble church with tooled ashlar
dressings. Orientated to east.
Principal entrance in centre of west gable in pointed-
headed hoodmoulded doorway with double leaf door. Paired
lancets above under continuos hoodmould, with small blind
lancet above. Triple lancets under continuous hoodmould
light east gable, with paired lancets in north and south
chancel elevations. Similar lights in transept gables
and in nave; bellcote at west gable apex; apex crosses at east;
small apex coped stacks (dummy at north) to transept apeces;
plain and sawtooth skews; steeply pitched local slate roofs.
Interior: plain plaster walled interior with contrasting
painted hoodmoulds to chancel and transept arches and to
windows; gilded reredos; panelled and simply detailed choir

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Replaced an earlier

Episcopal Church.

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