Berneray, Ruisgarry, Parliamentary Church
Church (19th Century), House (21st Century)
Site Name Berneray, Ruisgarry, Parliamentary Church
Classification Church (19th Century), House (21st Century)
Alternative Name(s) Telford Church
Canmore ID 75709
Site Number NF98SW 24
NGR NF 93083 82027
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75709
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF98SW 24.00 93083 82027
NF98SW 24.01 93101 82182 Manse
A quoad sacra church, accommodation for c. 270. In fair repair in 1878.
Source: Name Book Inverness-shire (Hebrides)
Unroofed. Walls extant to roof height.
Visited by OS (RB) 26 June 1965
A Telford parliamentary church, built 1829.
Source: G Hay 1957
Note (7 April 1997)
A church and a manse with four outbuildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Harris, North Uist etc 1880, sheet xxvi). All the buildings are roofed.
Six roofed and one unroofed building, which is located on the site of the church, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 April 1997
Photographic Survey (30 September 2009)
A photographic record was made of the Telford designed Parliamentary Church at Ruisgarry, prior to its renovation and reoccupation as a house and artist's studio.
Note (19 May 2014)
Change of use of former church to house, completed in 2012.
Information from RCAHMS (PMcK) 19 May 2014.
