Kinlochmoidart, Episcopal Church Of St Finnan
Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Kinlochmoidart, Episcopal Church Of St Finnan
Classification Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Finnan's Church; War Memorial Plaques; War Memorial Flanders Cross
Canmore ID 107479
Site Number NM77SW 16
NGR NM 71027 72789
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107479
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Princes Walk, 18th century, an avenue of oak and chestnut trees leading along the edge of the glen from the site of the former house to St. Finnan's, a tiny-scaled Episcopal church with simple Arts & Crafts interior by Alexander Ross, 1857-60, sequestered with its contemporary Vicarage in the woods. The church's tiled chancel has a stencilled wooden altar and reredos, but best of all are the stained glass windows in memory of various members of the Robertson Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart and Robertson Ross's of Glenmoidart. Two on the south wall, the Annunciation and Crucifixion, are by Jemima Blackburn (the latter dated 1873), in her distinctive pre- Raphaelite style. They contrast with the more accomplished east and west windows - Sts. Maurice and Michael, c.1885-90 - possibly by Charles Gow, a disciple of Daniel Cottier.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM77SW 16 71027 72789
St Finnan's Church [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2010.
For associated manse (NM 70986 72810), see NM77SW 22.
Architect: Alexander Ross, 1860. Vestry 1886. (I.C. May 18, 1854).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
