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