Islay, Risabus Oa Church

Church (19th Century) (1828)

Site Name Islay, Risabus Oa Church

Classification Church (19th Century) (1828)

Alternative Name(s) Oa Parish Church; Telford Church, Oa Parliamentary Church

Canmore ID 37625

Site Number NR34SW 17

NGR NR 31420 43639

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37625

Digital Images

Oa Church, Risabus, Islay.
General view of derelict, roofless church.

Islay, Risabus Oa Church, NR34SW 17, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Risabus Church, Islay.
View of derelict, roofless church

Engraving of map inscr: ''Map of Scotland shewing The Highland Roads and Bridges made, the Harbours improved and Churches built in the Highlands, also the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Roads, all according to the Plans of Thomas Telford. Shewing also the Old Military Roads still maintained in use.''

Engraving of elevation and plan inscr: ''Highland Churches and Manses.'' Includes plans, and elevations of church, one storey manse, and two storey manse.

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Administrative Areas

Council Argyll And Bute
Parish Kildalton And Oa
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Argyll And Bute
Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR34SW 17 31420 43639

Church (ruin) [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.

For (presumably associated) Oa manse (NR 3173 4367), see NR34SW 27.

(Oa Church, built by Thomas Telford in 1828. Now derelict and in bad condition.)

HBD No. 15.

A roofless church, the walls of which still stand to their original height.

Visited by OS (BS) 3 June 1978.

Telford church.

S Hackett and N Livingston 1984.

Site Management (23 April 2010)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

T-plan. Harled. Gabled. Roofless Belfry in pyramidal stone cap. Skews. Band courses. Pointed lattice windows and doorways. Only the walls remain. Interior has grass-grown floor. Memorial tablet to ministers 1829-1930. Originally a Parliamentary Church. The Oa became a q.s. parish, 1849 but was united with Kildalton this century. (ref: Historic Scotland) Erected by Aberdeen builders John Gibb and William Minto to a standard two door design by Crinan Canal surveyor William Thomson. The church was damaged by fire in 1915 and finally closed in 1930. (ref: FA Walker)

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