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Gigha Parish Church

A Category B Listed Building in Kintyre and the Islands, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6769 / 55°40'36"N

Longitude: -5.7427 / 5°44'33"W

OS Eastings: 164782

OS Northings: 648948

OS Grid: NR647489

Mapcode National: GBR DF6Q.2B9

Mapcode Global: WH0KX.RKKX

Plus Code: 9C7PM7G4+PW

Entry Name: Gigha Parish Church

Listing Name: Gigha and Cara Parish Church, Cnocan a Chiuil, Ardmenish

Listing Date: 28 August 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346957

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13759

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346957

Location: Gigha and Cara

County: Argyll and Bute

Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands

Parish: Gigha And Cara

Traditional County: Argyllshire

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

Dated 1923. Plain Romanesque Revival, Nave and Chancel
Rubble: gabled slate roofs. Round-headed windows.
Gabled porch on S. side. Gabled session-room and Vestry
on N. side, Plain interior; date '1923' on Chancel arch.
Octagonal font (oldest in Argyll) from St. Catan's
Chapel; placed her in 1938.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical, in use as such. The 4th Parish Church.

Built at suggestion of Rev. Donald Macfarlane to replace

Church (1780) which stood opposite Inn.

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