South Uist, Iochdar Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name South Uist, Iochdar Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Eochar
Canmore ID 238315
Site Number NF74NE 41
NGR NF 78739 46215
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238315
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Church of Scotland, David Mackintosh, 1889 A wee mission chapel with a hint of Arts & Crafts simplicity, prettified with pairs of cusped windows and a porch with swept eaves.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Rectangular-plan aisless mission church with small pitch-roofed porch. Roughly squared snecked rubble with harl-pointing; harled to S. 3-bay nave. Square-headed openings incorporating timber-mullioned traceried windows. Leaded multi-pane square- and diamond-pattern glazing (some coloured) in timber windows. Ballachulish slate. Overhanging, slightly swept eaves and plain bargeboarding.
A well-detailed humble church appropriate to its location. Groome mentions mission churches at 'Iachdar' (sic), as well as Boisdale (1836) and Benbecula (1824). (Historic Scotland)
