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Field Visit
Date August 1977
Event ID 1168892
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1168892
NR 167 522. This Parliamentary church was completed in 1828 to serve the S portion of Kilchoman parish, which in 1849 became fully constituted as the quoad sacra parish of Portnahaven. (Highland Churches, 1st Report; H Scott et al 1915-61). The building is of a standard T-plan designed by Thomas Telford, (Telford, Atlas) and the main block measures 16.1m in length from E to W by 9.35m transversely over all. The walls are of harled rubble with dressings of reddish sandstone. The windows and doorways have equilateral arched heads and offset margins wrought with a broad chamfer. There are paired windows in the centre of the main S frontage, and these are flanked by doorways at each end. The roof is slated, and the w gable is surmounted by a belfry of birdcage type with an obelisk finial; there is a lesser plain finial at the apex of the E gable-wall.
The church retains an original galleried interior served by balustraded stairs on either side. The pulpit is set against the centre of the S wall, and incorporates a pedimented and pilastered sounding-board.
RCAHMS 1984, visited August 1977.
