Skye, Staffin, Stenscholl Parish Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Skye, Staffin, Stenscholl Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Steinscholl
Canmore ID 120641
Site Number NG46NE 20
NGR NG 48919 67314
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120641
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Stenscholl Parish Church, William Thomson, 1828-9. Parliamentary kirk with urn finial added to its east gable. Contemporary Manse (now Tigh Cilmartin), Joseph Mitchell's standard two-storey version.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG46NE 20.00 48919 67314
NG46NE 20.01 48874 67291 Manse
Built c. 1830. A Telford parliamentary church.
G Hay 1957; S Hackett and N Livingston 1984.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
National Archives of Scotland:
A new Church has just been comlpleted at a cost of 1500 pounds.
Report on Lord Macdonald's Estate in Skye by Dr Macleod and another.
1829 GD 221/121.