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Lewis, Uig Parish Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Lewis, Uig Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Baile Na Cille
Canmore ID 171465
Site Number NB03SE 44
NGR NB 05265 34312
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171465
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Timsgarry
Baile-na-cille Kirk, 1826-9 A plain version of the T-plan Parliamentary church, with gabletted bell canopy instead of bellcote and round instead of Tudor-arched windows. Inside survives the original pulpit with precentor's box and a splay-angled gallery on cast-iron columns. Additions of 1878 included the vestry and pews. Former manse (now Baile-na-Cille), 18th century, repaired and remodelled with addition of lofty wing, 1824 , using stone from the 18th century church. The old graveyard beside Uig Sands marks the site of the medieval parish church, and of its successor of 1724.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
T-plan, harled, painted ingoes, variety of glazing patterns on multi-paned tall and flat-lintelled windows to jamb, round-arched glazing to long south wall (centre gabled vestry perhaps an addition), domestic-scale sash and case windows on gables, with 4-pane glazing pattern. Bell hangs in east gable-head, below a gable canopy (like those seen at some Lewis schools, eg Marvig), doubtless a concession to the climate. Skews, run horizontally over skewputts; slated roofs. Interior is well-preserved; pulpit with precentor's box, canopy supported on pair moulded slender timber shafts, box pew either side; walls and ceiling all have timber V-lining; gallery in each of the 3 arms, with splayed links at the angles and supported on columns of cast-iron or of timber. Enclosed by rubble wall, plain iron gate. (Historic Scotland)
Note (20 February 2012)
For Uig War Memorial, see NB03SE 50.
Information from RCAHMS (LMcC) 20 February 2012
