Fiunary, Church Of Scotland Manse

Old Manse of Fiunary, c.1860 A rebuilding of its predecessor of 1780, which had replaced a 17th-century manse. A somewhat cheerless sight today, albeit magically sited among old trees overlooking the Sound of Mull from a grassy sward, this is the former home of the famous Macleods of Fiunar

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

2-storey, shallow H-plan with long, slightly irregular south facing 4-bay elevation. All coursed rubble with contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. Slightly advanced outer finialled gabled bays, off-centre entrance with

panelled door flanked right by ground and 1st floor bipartites; similar bipartites in right (east) gable and tripartites in west gable, both ground and 1st floors. Symmetrical 2-bay west return gable (1 ground floor window blocked); mainly 4-pane glazing in narrow window lights;

coped paired ridge and end stacks; slate roofs. Single storey lean-to extension links outer rear gables.

Rebuilt on site of manse of 1779. In this or the earlier manse lived the Rev. Dr Norman MacLeod and his son Rev. John MacLeod, both ministers of Morvern Parish. (Historic Scotland)

U-shaped former steading to the old Fiunary Manse. The manse was the inspiration behind the Victorian classic Reminiscences of a Highland Parish, which describes in detail life in an eighteenth century manse.