Duror. General view of church and burial ground wall.
SC 743145
Description Duror. General view of church and burial ground wall.
Date 23/8/1883
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 743145
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 1674
Scope and Content Duror Church, Highland, from the west Duror Church, a 'Parliamentary' church built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, stands at the head of Glen Duror, a broad mountain valley that runs south-east from Loch Linnhe and the west coast of Appin. This photograph of the church was taken in 1883 by the Victorian photographer, Erskine Beveridge. The church, surrounded by a small drystone walled burial-ground, is a standard 'Parliamentary' T-plan building, built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and margins. It has a slate roof, and a main four-bayed frontage to the north-west (left), with two large Tudor-arched windows with astragals and lattice glazing. The south-west gable (right), which deviates from the standard 'Parliamentary' plan by being windowless, is topped by a spiky pinnacled bellcote. 'Parliamentary' churches were churches built under an Act of Parliament of 1823 which made provision for 'building additional Places of Worship in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland', and gave £50,000 for building a church and manse at 40 sites, and in addition provided a stipend for the minister of each church built. Thomas Telford, Engineer of the Roads and Bridges, was appointed for general superintendence of the churches and manses, at an annual salary of £50. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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