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Achanalt, the former Free Church of Scotland.
NH 2589 6156. About 4 miles E.N.E. stands
Kinlochluichart & Strathgarve
Church (CoS).
NH 3165 6267.
Link. The
Grade B listing gives it a date of 1825, a Telford church. Both ©
Kevin Price (2020).
Acharacle, Church
of our Lady of the Angels (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe. The Parish Church, dating from 1829. NM 675 683. © N.
Argyll Extracts. Free Church of
Scotland. © Peter Amsden.
Achiltibuie, Coigach Free Church of Scotland. Another
view. NC 018 090. Both © Tim Flitcroft (2013).
Achnacarry, St. Ciaran. © Martin Briscoe. NN 181
873; grid reference courtesy of N. Argyll Extracts.
Alness, the Parish Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Altnaharra, the parish church of Altnaharra &
Farr. © Bill Henderson. Drawing ©
Catherine Tremper.
Alvie, Church of Scotland, near Loch
Alvie. Its
Canmore
entry dates it to 1768, on the site of an earlier church. NH 8644 0935. © John Mackie.
The roofless
Rothiemurchus Old Parish Church stands in an isolated position
east of Alvie at NH 8857 0930. Not seen by Streetview, some photos can
be seen here.
Applecross.
Ardaneaskan, the former Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Meeting House, disused since ca. 1992.
Another view. NG 832 353. Both © Tim Flitcroft (2012).
Ardclach, Parish Church (ca. 1845). Old Parish Church. NH 955 450.
Link. Both © John Mackie.
Ardelve, Free Church of Scotland. NG 875 273. © John Mackie.
Ardersier, Church of Scotland (1880). The former
Free Church
(1856), no longer in use. Both © John Mackie. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2014).
Ardgay. © Tricia Barnett.
Ardgour. © Martin Briscoe. NN 010 641. Built by
Telford in 1829; formed as a QSP (Ballachulish & Corran of Ardgour) out of the very
large Kilmallie Parish. Disjoined from
(north) Ballachulish in 1894 and united with Kingairloch, formerly in Lismore & Appin
Parish, to form Ardgour & Kingairloch Parish. Additional information in italics
courtesy of N. Argyll Extracts.
Ardjachie, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. NH 749 843. © Bill Henderson (2013).
Ardross, Church of Scotland. NH 616 744. © John Mackie.
Link.
Arisaig, the parish church of Arisaig and the Small
Isles. St. Mary (R.C.). Both © Martin Briscoe.
Arpafeelie, St. John (Episcopal). NH 610 504. © John Mackie. Another
view, © Bill Henderson (2013). Link.
Aultbea, CoS.
Free Church. Former
church, now a Freemasons Lodge. All ©
Peter Amsden.
Aviemore.
Avoch.
Badcaul. Howard Richter
advises of 2 churches hereabouts. The Church of Scotland is active, and stands
at NH 0190 9194. A study of old maps shows that it was a United Free Church in
1906. It can be see
here on Streetview in 2010, with an old whitewashed schoolroom to the left,
and to its right the church, and the manse with purple woodwork beyond. There is
also a former Free Church - a tin tabernacle - at NH 0185 9200. Shown on
Streetview
here, in 2010. Some interior photos are available
here.
Balintore, United Free Church of Scotland. John advises that active United Free Church
congregations are few and far between in the Highlands. NH 865 755. © John Mackie. Link.
Ballachulish.
Beauly.
Berneray (North Uist), Church of
Scotland. © Carol Myers.
Link.
Berriedale. © Bill Henderson. James
Napier advises that this church has recently been closed.
Bettyhill, the one-time parish church
(St. Columba), now houses Strathnaver Museum. NC 715 622. © Bill Henderson.
Grade B listed. Farr Free Church, © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Altnaharra and Farr Church of Scotland,
the current parish church. Map evidence suggests it was built between 1894 and
1910. Another view. NC 708 622. Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Link.
Blaich. © Martin Briscoe.
Boat of Garten, St. Columba (CoS). NH 943 185. © John Mackie. Another view, © Peter
Morgan (2014). Link.
Kincardine Church of Scotland. © John Mackie.
Bogallan, the Free Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Bonar Bridge, Creich Parish Church. © Bill
Henderson. Creich Free Church of
Scotland (1880/1). NH 626 921. © John Mackie.
Bonar Bridge Free Presbyterian Church of
Scotland. © John Mackie.
Bower, Church of the Holy Rood (Church of Scotland).
© Bill Henderson. Another view. ND 239 622. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Brora.
Bruan, Church of Scotland. James Napier
advises that this church has recently been closed. ND 313 395. Old Free Church. ND 313 396. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Canisbay, Church
of Scotland. © Bill Henderson. Another view. © Alex Parker. Free Evangelical Church. ©
Bill Henderson.
Cannich, Fasnakyle Free Church (1868), now unused and in a poor condition. Church of
Scotland. NH 336 318. Both © John Mackie.
Caol (near Fort William).
Carrbridge.
Castletown.
Cawdor, Church of Scotland. © Ina Penneyston (2010). Another view, © Peter Morgan
(2014). Link.
Cille Choirill (near Roy Bridge). © Martin
Briscoe.
Conon Bridge, Ferintosh Parish Church. NH 545 565. © John Mackie.
Contin parish church. © Martin Briscoe.
Corpach (near Fort William).
Corrimony, Church of Scotland. NH 385 295. © John Mackie. Link.
Cove, a presumably former Free Church Mission Hall, as seen on Streetview.
Howard Richter speculates that this very remote church may have been built
during WWII when arctic convoys assembled in the adjacent Loch Ewe. NG 8099
9061.
Croachy, St. Paul (Episcopal). © John Mackie.
Cromarty.
Cromdale, Church of Scotland (1812). NJ 075 285. © John Mackie.
Crosskirk, Chapel of St. Mary. An
information board at the site says it "probably built ..... 12th century". ND 0249 7009. © Bill Henderson. Another view, ©
Howard Richter (2013). Howard advises that this shows on the 1873 OS map as "St. Mary's Chapel (Remains of)".
Another view, © Peter Morgan (2021).
Link.
Croy, Church of Scotland (1764). The former Free Church closed in 2002, and is
awaiting conversion into a house. Both © John Mackie.
Culbokie, the Church Centre (CoS). NH
6084 5970. © Peter Morgan (2021).
Link.
Culloden - see also Newtonmore, below.
Dalhalvaig,
the Strathy and Halldale Church of Scotland Church. © Bill Henderson.
Dalwhinnie, a
disused church. © Martin Briscoe.
Daviot, the Daviot and Dunlichity Parish Church. NH
723 395. © Bill Henderson. Another view, ©
Martin Briscoe, and another, © Peter Morgan (2014).
Dingwall.
Dores, the Parish Church, dating from 1828. © Martin Briscoe.
Free Church. NH 596 344. © John Mackie.
Dornie, St. Duthac (R.C., 1860, on the site of an older church). NG 885 267. © Martin Briscoe.
Another view, interior, the altar and
font, all © Dennis Harper (2013). Link1.
Link2. The William Macrae Memorial Hall (CoS). © Martin Briscoe.
Dornoch.
Drumbeg, Free Church of Scotland and
Associated Presbyterian Church. Another view.
A small tin tabernacle, it has been here since at least 1968, when it shows on
the OS map of that year. NC 122 326. Both © Martin Richter (2013). Free Church.
Another view. Its current status is uncertain. Built before 1878 when it shows on the OS map of that year. If this is the church referred to
here, it was built on or about 1844. This
photo (external website) from 1987, with church signboard, and its absence today, suggests
it may be disused. NC 124 325. Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Drumchardnie, the former Free Church, now a crafts
centre. © Martin Briscoe.
Drumnadrochit, Old Kilmore Church.
Peter Ross Memorial Mission Hall. Both
© Martin Briscoe.
Urquhart & Glenmoriston Church of Scotland.
NH 509 294. © Bill Henderson (2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Dulnain Bridge, Church of Scotland. © Peter Morgan (2014).
Link.
Dunbeath Ross, Church of Scotland. ND 158 296. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Dundonnell, a former Church of Scotland, seen on Streetview. This stands
outside the village on the shore of Little Loch Broom, at NH 082 884. Howard
Richter advises that it is shown, but not named, on the 1906 6" O.S. map, and is
still named on maps up to the later 1960's.
Dundreggan, the Free Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Dunnet, dating from about 1230, but most of the
present building dates from the 16th century. ND 191 681. © Bill Henderson. Free Church. ND 257 712. © Martin Briscoe.
Durness, Church of Scotland. It was built
as a Free Church a few years after the disruption of 1843, and was later United
Free. NC 404 669. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, © Martin Richter (2013).
Link.
As Church of Scotland it had at least three predecessors. Its immediate
predecessor was this building at NC 4023
6781, now in residential use. It was apparently built circa 1814 when the
medieval church was abandoned. The date when it went out of use as a church is
unclear, but map evidence implies it was between 1905 and 1962. © Martin Richter
(2013). The ruins of the late medieval
church (Balnakeil) stand at NC 39109 68649. This
link
provides a date of 1692, and also mentions a yet earlier church or churches
going back to at least the 13th century, and possibly much earlier if the
traditional association with
St. Maelrubha is correct. Two additional views -
1,
2, and the tomb of Duncan MacMorroch -
1,
2. All © Martin
Richter (2013).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Duror, the parish church, built in 1829, replaced
earlier churches of the 17th and 6th centuries. NM 993 552. St. Adamnan (Episcopal), dates from 1848.
Both © Martin Briscoe. Additional information in italics courtesy of N. Argyll Extracts.
Duthil, the former St. Peter went out of use in 1961, and is now the Clan Grant Centre. © Peter Morgan (2014).
Edderton Old
Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Eriboll, the Church (1804), part of the Eriboll Estate. The OS map of 1878 shows it as "Free Church"; later maps up to the
edition of 1961-1989 all show it as "UF Church". Two additional views - 1, 2. NC
438 572. All © Martin Richter (2013). Link.
Errogie, Stratherrick Free Church. NH 555 221. A tin church nearby was built as
a United Free Church, which became CoS at the union of 1929. John says it appears to be disused. Both © John Mackie. Free Presbyterian CoS,
between Errogie and Lyne of Gorthleck. NH 548 211. © Peter Amsden.
Evanton, the Kiltearn Parish Church. © Bill
Henderson. Kiltearn Free Church. © John Mackie. The former Secession Chapel
(1824) was been converted into flats in 1984. © John Mackie.
Farr (near Inverness), Free Presbyterian Church
(1938). NH 681 332. © John Mackie. The former
Daviot Free Church (1859). There was
a planning
application in 2012 to convert to residential use. NH 687 340. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Amsden.
Fort Augustus.
Fort George, Chapel. Interior view, and a
window. NH 760 566. All © Peter Morgan (2014). Link.
Fort William.
Fortrose.
Gairloch, Parish Church (CoS). Free Church of
Scotland (1878-81). Link.
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Free Presbyterian Meeting House at Strath. All © Tim Flitcroft (2015).
Garve, the former Free Church of Scotland,
which closed in 2005. NH 3913 6211. © Kevin Price (2020). Some more photos are
available here.
Glencoe,
St. Mary (Episcopal) was built in 1880.
NN 100 588. © Martin Briscoe. Additional information in italics courtesy of
N. Argyll Extracts. Another view, the altar and
font, all © Dennis Harper (2013).
Glenelg, Church of Scotland. NG 812
192.
Link. Free Church of Scotland. NG
820 199. Both © John Mackie (2010).
Glenfinnan, Church of our Lady and St. Finnan
(R.C.). © Martin Briscoe.
Glengarry. © Martin Briscoe.
Glenuig, Highland, St. Agnes (R.C.). NM 671 767. © Martin
Briscoe.
Glenurquhart, the Free Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Golspie, St. Andrew, Church of Scotland. © Bill
Henderson. Another St. Andrew, on Fountain Road. © Martin Briscoe.
John Mackie has elucidated:- the "second St. Andrew" was built as United Free Church of Scotland (1905-6), but now serves as the church hall for St. Andrew.
Free Church of Scotland (1844-5). © John Mackie.
Grantown on Spey, Inverallan Parish Church (CoS,1884-6)
on Mossie Road. Another view.
NJ 0318 2805. Both © John Mackie.
Link.
Grantown Baptist Church
(1851, restored 1900-1) on High Street and Chapel Road. NJ 0311 2765. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Morgan (2021).
St. Columba (Episcopal) on Woodlands
Crescent. Two more views - 1,
2. NJ 0293 2740. © Peter Morgan (2014
and 2021).
Link. Unidentified
former church, now a private residence. © Peter Morgan (2014).
Old maps mark a Mission Church on Mossie Road and
Church Avenue at NJ 0324 2804. It survives, and was seen by
Streetview in 2021. It
now serves as the church hall for the Inverallan Parish Church.
Halkirk.
Helmsdale, Free Church of Scotland.
© Martin Briscoe. It now (2022) seems to be closed, as the
church website says
that they now meet in the former police station. It can be seen in a
Streetview from 2021.
St. John. © Martin Briscoe.
Hill of Fearn, Fearn Abbey (CoS). The parish church was constructed within the remains of the 13th century
Premonstratensian Abbey. John advises that the church is known as "the Lamp of the North". NH 837 773. Fearn Free Church of
Scotland (1896-7) is disused and currently (2009) up for sale. The congregation now meets in Hilton of Cadboll (see below). Both © John Mackie.
Hilton of Cadboll, Fearn Associated Presbyterian Church of Scotland. NH 869 762. Fearn
Free Church of Scotland. NH 869 762. Both © John Mackie.
Inverasdale, Free Church.
NG 821 855. © Peter Amsden. It is now presumably a former Free Church, as it no
longer shows on the official Free Church website. A Streetview of 2011 is
available
here.
Invergarry, Glengarry Parish Church (1864). Another view. NH 304 012. Both ©
Dennis Harper (2013). Link.
Grade B listed. St. Finnan (R.C.). NH 309 007. © Martin Briscoe.
Another view, © Bill Henderson (2013). Link.
Invergordon, Church of Scotland. NH7068. St. Joseph (R.C.). NH7068. Both
© Bill Henderson.
Inverinate, the Kintail Parish Church. © Martin
Briscoe.
Invermoriston, the church. © Martin Briscoe.
Inverness.
Isle of Skye - see Skye.
Keiss, Church of
Scotland. © Bill Henderson.
Kilchoan.
Kildonan, the Parish Church. NC 910 208. © Martin
Briscoe. Another view. © Bill Henderson.
Killearnan (near Inverness), the parish church.
© Martin Briscoe. The former Killearnan Free Church of Scotland, now an Art Gallery. NH 586 509. © John Mackie.
Kilmartin, St. Ninian (Episcopal, 1853). NH 431 300. © John Mackie. Link.
Kilmorack, the old parish church. © Martin
Briscoe.
Kilmuir (on North Uist), Church of
Scotland. Another view. Both ©
Carol Myers.
Link.
Kilmuir Easter parish church (near Invergordon). ©
Martin Briscoe. Another view. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Kiltarlity, the parish church. © Martin Briscoe. Free Church of Scotland.
NH 506 411. © John Mackie.
Kinbrace, the former CoS
Mission, a tin tabernacle, as seen by Streetview in 2021 (the nearer green
building). Also visible is part of the Free Church, behind the more distant
green tin building. NC 8611 3153. Unusually, the manse is also a tin building,
seen by Streetview in 2021.
According to this
source,
both the church and manse date from 1912. The Free Church
stands at NC 8164 3160, and was seen by
Streetview in 2009. It was
apparently still active in 2009 (source),
and perhaps in 2019 (source),
but it now seems to be closed, as the
Free Church website mentions
it only as Helmsdale and Kinbrace, pointing to the
church website which
makes no mention of Kinbrace. A little over two miles just north of west from
the village are the remains of
Ach na h-Uai Meeting House. It stands at NC 8267
3210 and was seen (distantly) by
Streetview in 2021.
Link1.
Link2, which mentions the last service in 1819.
Kincardine, Parish Church. © Bill Henderson.
Kincraig.
Kingairloch. Originally a mission church of
Lismore and Appin Parish, it became the parish church of the later united Ardgour and
Kingairloch parish. © N. Argyll Extracts. Another view. © Peter Amsden (2009).
Kingussie.
Kinloch Laggan, St. Kenneth of Aghabo - an ivy-clad
ruin. NN 535 897. © Martin Briscoe.
Kinlochbervie, Church of Scotland.
The was originally Free Church, and this
link provides a building date of 1846, just 3 years after the Disruption. NC 223 567.
Link.
What is now the Free Presbyterian
Church of Scotland was originally Church of Scotland, and dates from 1829 -
a Parliamentary/Telford church. The Church of Scotland presumably moved from
here to their current home, but the date is so far unknown.
Another view. NC 221 564.
Link.
Grade B listed. Another Free Presbyterian Church stood at NC 2283 5604, and
is shown as such on a map of 1962, but was not so marked on a map of 1973. The
site (now residential) can be seen
here on StreetView. Whether the church building was completely demolished is
uncertain, but appearances suggest it was. All © Martin Richter (2013).
Kinlochewe, Church of Scotland. NH 025
615. Free Church of Scotland. Both © John Mackie.
Kinlochleven.
Kinlochmoidart, St. Finnan (Episcopal). ©
Martin Briscoe.
Kintail (near Shiel Bridge), Free Church. © Martin
Briscoe.
Kirkhill. Wardlaw
Mausoleum, the old church. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Kirkmichael, St. Michael (ruinous). © Martin
Briscoe.
Kirkton (near Kyle of Lochalsh). © Martin Briscoe.
Kishorn, Mission House. Now apparently
(reports John) used by the Associated Presbyterian Church of Scotland. NG 836
385. © John Mackie.
Knockbain, the Parish Church (CoS). NH
646 530. © Bill Henderson (2014).
Kyle of Lochalsh.
Kyleakin, Church of Scotland. Free Church. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Laggan (near
Newtonmore), the parish church. © Martin Briscoe.
Lairg. Free
Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Latheron, Church of Scotland. ND 198 334. Old Church. ND 203 333. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Another view of the old church,
which now serves as the Clan Gunn Museum. © Bill Henderson.
Latheronwheel, former chapel. © Bill
Henderson.
Lochailort. © Martin Briscoe.
Lochaline, Cill Cholumchille old parish church.
The old Free Church. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Kiel Church, dating from 1898, replaced at least two earlier churches. © Angus Mackie of Scotland360 Images.
Link.
Lochcarron, Lochcarron East Church
of Scotland (1834-6, no longer in use). NG 914 413.
Church of Scotland, originally
built as United Free Church (1909-10). NG 899 396.
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
(1908). NG 896 395. Free Church of
Scotland. NG 896 395. Adjacent to it stands the former
Free Church of Scotland, and
Manse. NG 896 395. All © John Mackie (2010).
Lochend, Bona Church of Scotland. NH 595 377. © John Mackie. Link.
Lochinver.
Lothmore, the closed Loth Parish Church (CoS, 1822). It was sold by the church in 1984. NC 971 114. © Martin Briscoe. Two
additional views - 1, 2. © Martin Richter (2013).
Link1 (with a photo of the interior above the false ceiling).
Link2. Link3, which says that there was
at one point three chapels in the parish, but no trace (other than the burial grounds) remains of two.
Grade A listed.
Lybster.
Mallaig, St.
Columba. © Martin
Briscoe.
Maryburgh, Free Church. NH 545 565. © John Mackie.
Melness. Howard Richter advises of several churches
and church sites hereabouts. A Free Church shows on a map of 1875 at NC 5853
6338. The replacement for this building stands at NC 5857 6335. The
entry
on the Scotland's Churches Trust website gives a date for the replacement as "at
the turn of the twentieth century". The church is visible on Streetview
here, and by looking further to the left can be seen the site of the earlier
church. Another website
gives a potted history, including the later building and subsequent demolition
of a bell-tower. I haven't been able to find a photo with the bell-tower.
Some photos of the interior are to be found
here. Some of the
money to enable the building of the afore-mentioned bell-tower came following
the closure of the nearby Cornhill Church. Standing at NC 588 623, it was built
subsequent to the publication of a map of 1875, and shows on a 1905 church just
as Church (so probably Church of Scotland). It was disused by the time of
the 1962 map. Shown on Streetview
here, it's now in use as a B&B (link).
Melness school was designed and built before 1875 to be used as a school and
church, but it was never used as a church.
Midtown (near Inverasdale), Free
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. NG 8210 8527. © Peter Amsden. Like its near
neighbour the Free Church in Inverasdale
(see above),
this church too is now "former", as it is no longer listed on the official
church website. A 2011
Streetview shows the building looking somewhat down at heel. Modern roadmaps
variously call this location Midtown, Midtown Brae, and Inverasdale. A former
Free Church Mission Hall stands at NG 8213 8496. A
2009 Streetview shows the building undergoing renovation.
Canmore entry.
Milton,
Glenurquhart & Fort Augustus Free Church of Scotland. NH 317 551. © Bill
Henderson (2013).
Morar, Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Cumin
(R.C.). © Martin Briscoe.
Moy, the Parish Church. NH 772 343. © Martin Briscoe.
Muir of Ord, East Church of Scotland (1910). NH 528 504. Urray and Strathconon
Free Church of Scotland (1861). NH 524 502. Link. Both © John Mackie.
Nairn.
Nethy Bridge, Abernethy Parish Church (1762, re-modelled 1872-3).
Link. Church of Scotland, built as Abernethy
Free Church. Both © John Mackie.
Newtonmore,
Free Church. © Martin Briscoe. St. Bride (Church of
Scotland), formerly the Free Church (built ca. 1900). NN 7149 9926. © Martin Briscoe.
Link. In the Highland Folk Museum stands
Leanach Mission Church, moved here from near Culloden. Interior view. Both © Peter Morgan (2014).
Another view,
© Karel Kuča (2019).
Nigg, Old Church (CoS). NH 804 717. Link.
Chapelhill Church, originally Nigg United Presbyterian Church, built 1871-2. NH 824 736. Both © John Mackie.
North Ballachulish, St. Bride (Episcopal). ©
Martin Briscoe. Founded by Lady Alice Ewing in 1875. Text in italics courtesy of
Argyll Extracts.
North Kessock, Knockbain Free Church, which was built in 1994 to replace the earlier church as Bogallan (q.v.). NH 641
482. © John Mackie. Link.
Nostie, St. Donnan (Episcopal). © Martin Briscoe.
Opinan (near Gairloch), Presbyterian Mission Room. It wasn't clear to Tim if this was Free Church of Scotland, or
Free Presbyterian Church. NG 746 724. © Tim Flitcroft (2013). Howard
Richter has advised that it shows on the 1967 OS map as "Meeting House (Free
Presbyterian Church of Scotland)". He also advises that there is
another meeting house nearby, at NG 745 719, which is shown on the same
map as Free Church of Scotland.
Petty, near
Inverness, St. Columba. © Martin Briscoe.
Plockton.
Pollacahar (North Uist), Free Church of
Scotland. © Carol Myers.
Polnish, Our Lady of the Braes (R.C.). ©
Martin Briscoe. Another view. © Roger Heap. And another, © Bill
McKenzie.
Link.
Poolewe, the Free Church.
CoS (disused). Both © Peter Amsden.
Port of Brims, ruined chapel. © Bill
Henderson.
Portmahomack, Tarbat Church of Scotland,
on Well Street. NH 9162 8446. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Morgan
(2021).
Link.
News story. Tarbat Old Parish
Church (St. Colman) is now the Tarbat Discovery Centre. NH 9148 8402. © John Mackie.
Another view, and the
interior, both © Peter Morgan
(2021). Link.
Grade A listed.
Tarbat Free
Church. NH 9134 8410. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Morgan
(2021).
Link.
Grade C listed.
Reay, Church of
Scotland. NC 967 648. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, © Martin Richter (2013).
Grade A listing, which says it dates from 1739, with alterations in 1933.
Howard Richter advises of two additional churches. The first is the old parish
church at NC 969 648. Its graveyard can be seen
here on Streetview.
Link1.
Link2,
which dates the church to the 16th century, though, as they say, the presence of
a 9th/10th century cross-slab makes an earlier church likely. The ruins of a
Free Church stand at ND 024 640. It can be seen
here on Streetview.
Link, which
dates it to 1844, and that it closed in 1985.
Resipole, former church, now a private
residence. © Peter Amsden.
Resolis, Free Church of Scotland.
It's dated
here to 1865. NH 6725 6455. © John Mackie. Two more views -
1,
2, both © Peter Morgan (2021).
Link.
Grade C listed.
Risabus Oa, (Islay), ruined church. NR 314 436. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Rogart, St. Callan (CoS, 1775/7). Link.
NC 735 035. Associated Presbyterian Church (previously Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland). NC 715 035.
Pitfurie Church of Scotland (built as a United Free Church of Scotland, 1909/10). NC 715 035. All © John Mackie.
Free Church of Scotland. © John Mackie
(2010).
Rosehall, Church of Scotland (1891). Free Church of Scotland (1845).
Link. Both NC 484 014. Both © John Mackie.
Rosemarkie, Rosemarkie Kirk (CoS). NH 737 578. © Bill Henderson (2014).
Link.
Roskeen, Free Church of Scotland. © Bill Henderson. Rosskeen, the Parish Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Rosskeen Old Parish Church
(1830-2, disused). NH 683 702. © John Mackie.
Roy Bridge, St. Margaret (R.C.). © Martin
Briscoe.
Sava, Lairg
& Rogart Congregation (Associated Presbyterian Church). © Bill Henderson.
Scarfskerry, Baptist Church. ND
265 744. Howard Richter advises that this is the most northerly extant church on
the mainland of the British Isles. Old maps indicate the site of the more
northerly St. John's Chapel at about ND 3105 7508, but it's omitted from
modern maps, and
Canmore is doubtful about its reality. © Bill
Henderson.
Scourie, Eddrachillis Parish Church, Church of
Scotland. © Bill Henderson. Free Church
of Scotland. Marked on a map of 1878 as "Free Church", and on the 1987 map
as "Eddrachillis Free Church", it was built in 1846, worship having previously
taken place in the open air near the shore. The General Assembly of the Free
Church authorised the sale of the church in 2007, but when Martin took his
photos, there was still a notice advertising fortnightly services. A current
website says that it "no longer
holds regular services". Another view.
NC 151 435. Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Scrabster, Fisherman's Mission. ©
Bill Henderson.
Shiel Bridge, Free Church of Scotland. Another view. NG 933 190. Both © Dennis
Harper (2013).
Shieldaig, Church of Scotland (built as United Free Church of Scotland ca. 1910). The former
Free Church of Scotland (1876-7). Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
(1895). All ca. NG 815 535. All © John Mackie (2010).
Skerray, the Free Church, a tin tabernacle.
It stands at NC 673 624 in nearby Achtoty. It may now be closed, as in 1988 it
was reportedly "just about surviving, having had no minister for four years" and
in a poor state of repair. The undated church website says no services are
taking place here. © Bill Henderson.
Skye.
South Laggan, the Free Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Spean Bridge, St. Joseph (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe.
Kilmonivaig Parish Church (CoS).
NN 213 819. © Martin Briscoe. Another
view. © Bill Henderson. And another, this one © Dennis Harper (2013).
Link.
Stoer, the ruins of the 1828
Parliamentary/Telford Church of Scotland. It was still intact in 1972 - photo
here, and some more
photos of the ruins are available here (scroll down). There have been attempts
to convert this building to residential use, with planning permission and appeal
against rejection both refused. Another view.
NC 0405 2855.
Grade C listed. Stoer Free Church
at Rienachait is home to the Free Church of Scotland and The Associated
Presbyterian Church. It pre-dates a map of 1878, where it is marked as Free
Church. NC 043 301. All © Martin Richter (2013). Also at Rienachit (a mile north
of Stoer, but marked on few maps) is the former
Free
Presbyterian Church. NC 042 300. © Edward Paxton. Two additional views -
1,
2, and the
date-stone for 1899; it was
closed in 2001. All © Martin Richter (2013).
Stratherrick, Catholic Church. © Martin
Briscoe.
Strathconon, Strathconon Church of Scotland (1830). Strathconon Free Church
of Scotland (1892), NH 317 550. Both © John Mackie.
Strathpeffer, Free Church.
Another view. NH 4831 5829.
Both © John Mackie.
Grade B listed. Another view,
© Peter Morgan
(2021).
Link. St.
Anne (Episcopalian) is dated
here to 1890-92. NH 4833 5803. © John Mackie.
Link.
Grade B listed. Fodderty and Strathpeffer Parish Church (CoS) dates from 1888-90
(source). NH 4820 5798. © John Mackie.
Grade B listed.
Strathtongue, a disused church of (currently)
unknown denomination. NC 618 596. © Bill Henderson. Howard Richter has been consulting old maps and other sources, and provides the following approximate
history : built on or before 1874, and up to the union in 1900, Free Church. From 1900 to 1929, United Free Church, and from 1929 until its closure
(which was pre-1979), Church of
Scotland.
Strathy, Church of Scotland (1910-11). NC 843 652.
© Bill Henderson. It was successor to this former
Church of Scotland, now a private residence.
Dating from 1826, it was one of Thomas Telford's churches. It went out of use
when the present church was opened, pre-WW1. NC
835 652. © Bill Henderson. Two additional views -
1,
2, both © Martin Richter (2013).
Grade C listed. Associated Presbyterian Church
(originally Free Presbyterian, circa 1900, until 1989),
previously listed as the Methodist Church. Thanks to Norman Campbell for the
correction. The
denominational website lists the congregation as "defunct". NC 830 656. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, © Martin Richter (2013), and
another,
© Peter Morgan
(2021). The former Free Church (1845) at NC 844 653. It shows as "Free Church" on the OS map
of 1878, and still shows as "Free C of S" on the edition of 1975-6, so still active at that time. A benchmark on the building was created for the Ordnance
Survey First Primary Levelling of Scotland (1844-60) - see here. © Martin Richter (2013).
Link1.
Link2. Grade
C(S) listed in 1984, and the text implies it was still active then.
Stromeferry, the old Church of Scotland, now a
house. © Martin Briscoe. The old Free Church - has this also
been converted to a house? A 2009 Streetview confirms that it has - it now
sports a window above a door which proclaims Stromeferry Lodge. NG 862
347. © Martin Briscoe.
Strontian, Episcopal Church. Free Church (now a house).
The former St. Mary (Episcopal) is now
a private residence. All © Martin Briscoe. Parish Church, built in 1823 by Telford, it is now
shared with the Episcopalians. © N. Argyll Extracts. Another view of the
Episcopal Church. © Peter Amsden.
Syre, Strathnaver Parish Church, a tin
tabernacle, is dated
here to 1891. It shows on older maps as Mission Hall.
Another view. NC 6936 3293. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Tain, Church of Scotland. © John Mackie. Link.
St. Duthac. The
presence of the remains of the Saint prompted the development of Tain as a centre of
pilgrimage. © Bill Henderson. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © John Balaam
(2014). Associated Presbyterian Church. ©
Bill Henderson. Free Church of Scotland (1938). © John Mackie. Link.
St. Andrew (Episcopal, 1887). © John Mackie.
Thrumster, the Parish Church. ND 333 447. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Thurso.
Tomatin, Church of Scotland - one of the "Tin Churches".
This
source dates it to circa 1910, originally a United Free Church. NH 8027
2896. © John Mackie. Another view,
© Karel Kuča (2019).
Free Presbyterian
Church, © John Mackie. Free Church,
© John Mackie.
Tongue, St. Andrew (Church of Scotland, O). NC 591 571. © Bill
Henderson. Another view, and the notice board, which gives a brief history. The
board says the current church built in 1724, but the listing says 1680; other sources seem to plump for one or the other. Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3 (which has interior photos).
Grade A listed.
Tornagrain, Petty Church of Scotland (originally Petty Free church, built 1848-50). NH 766 502. © John Mackie. Two
additional views - 1, 2, both © Tim Flitcroft (2015).
St. Columba. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Ullapool,
Church of Scotland, which stands at the corner of Mill Street and Market Street.
NH 1303 9425. © Bill Henderson.
Grade C
listing, which says that this was originally a Free Church.
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland,
on Market Street. NH 1281 9416. © Tim Flitcroft (2012).
Lochbroom Free Church, on Quay
Street. NH 1274 9413. © Tim
Flitcroft (2017). Link. The former
Church of Scotland (1829-1935) on
West Argyll Street now
serves as the town museum. NH 1270 9400. © Tim Flitcroft (2017).
Link.
Grade A
listed. Scottish Episcopal Church
on Market Street. NH 1296 9420.
© Tim Flitcroft (2017).
Link. The local Catholic Church - St. Martin of Tours - stands on Mill
Street. NH 1308 9413. It can be seen on Streetview
here, and is, according to this
website, a fairly recent (1988) conversion from a bakery.
Link.
Uppertown (Island of Stroma), cemetery with burial
vault. ND 359 765. © Martin Briscoe.
Urquhart, Highland, Ferintosh Free Church of Scotland - built 1843 with the tower added in 1907. An unusual feature
for a church - a three-stall cast-iron urinal!! NH 674 647. Link. The former Church of Scotland,
built 1795. NH 674 647. Both © John Mackie.
Urray,
Urray West Parish Church. NH 508 524. © Martin Briscoe.
Another view, © Bill Henderson (2016).
Link.
Grade B listed. Free Church of Scotland. NH 524 502. ©
Bill Henderson (2016).
Link.
Watten, Free Church.
© Bill Henderson. Another view. ND 243 547.
© Martin Briscoe.
Wick.
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