South Uist, Bornish, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Church (19th Century) (1837)-(1838)
Site Name South Uist, Bornish, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Classification Church (19th Century) (1837)-(1838)
Alternative Name(s) Roman Catholic Church Of Saint Mary
Canmore ID 171962
Site Number NF72NW 38
NGR NF 73287 29703
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171962
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
St. Mary's Church (RC), 1837/8 Solitary oblong church with the stark but haunting simplicity of Ardkenneth Church. Like that church too, it originally had the priest's house combined under the same roof, although this was remodelled as the chancel by A. R. Conlon (trainee of Fairlie's), c.1955. Conlon also enhanced its austere profile with the addition of modest wings, balancing a vestry and lady chapel on either side, with a porch and apsed baptistery off the east end.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
