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Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton

A Category B Listed Building in Lochcarron, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4149 / 57°24'53"N

Longitude: -5.4734 / 5°28'24"W

OS Eastings: 191500

OS Northings: 841388

OS Grid: NG915413

Mapcode National: GBR D9V3.ZND

Mapcode Global: WH09J.WWTJ

Plus Code: 9C9PCG7G+XM

Entry Name: Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton

Listing Name: Lochcarron Old Parish Church

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339102

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7258

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339102

Location: Lochcarron

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Parish: Lochcarron

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

Circa 1840. Tall, rectangular church, harled with ashlar margins. 4 long Gothic Y-tracery windows with wooden

mullions and multi-pane glazing dominate the south elevation;

2 small pointed headed windows in east gable; entrance in centre

of west gable masked by modern glazed porch. Stumpy pinnacled

bellcote at west gable apex, cross at east; slate roof.

Interior; simple interior which appear to have been re-cast

in late 19th century; gallery fills west end; long communion

table;

Statement of Interest

Building in ecclesiastical use as such. Church originally

accommodated 700-800 persons; present lay-out has less

seating; communion table probably original but not pulpit.

East gable windows may be later insertions and together

with present internal arrangement be the work of Alexander

Ross, 1883. Present building replaced the church of 1751,

the ruins and burial ground of which are 200 yards to west.

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