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Latitude: 56.9682 / 56°58'5"N
Longitude: -5.8085 / 5°48'30"W
OS Eastings: 168605
OS Northings: 792788
OS Grid: NM686927
Mapcode National: GBR DB19.G60
Mapcode Global: WGZBK.R37X
Plus Code: 9C8PX59R+7J
Entry Name: Roman Catholic Church Of St Cumin And Presbytery, Morar
Listing Name: Morar Roman Catholic Church of St Cumin and Presbytery
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339061
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7231
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200339061
Location: Glenelg
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig
Parish: Glenelg
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Church building Architectural structure
Dated 1888. Plain rectangular church with bowed east
gable, and with single storey and attic, irregular 4-bay
presbytery projecting at right angles at SE, forming
L-plan range. All tooled sneck coursed rubble, with
tooled granite dressings.
Church: 4-bay south elevation with 3 pointed headed
windows, low alternating buttresses, and with projecting
lean-to porch incorporated in base of battered round tower
at SW angle. Tower rises 2 stages above wallhead, with
4 square-headed louvred vents in upper stage, bracketted,
bellcast conical roof with decorative cast-iron finial.
Trefoil window in west gable apex; shoulded headed niche
below with statuette; some modern stained glass. Cross
at west gable apex; slate roof.
Interior: simple interior with short gallery at west.
Presbytery: off-centre door in west elevation; 3 windows
break wallhead as gabled dormers; 2-pane glazing; end
and ridge stacks; slate roof.
Ecclesiastical building in use as such.
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