Latitude: 57.4149 / 57°24'53"N
Longitude: -5.4734 / 5°28'24"W
OS Eastings: 191500
OS Northings: 841388
OS Grid: NG915413
Mapcode National: GBR D9V3.ZND
Mapcode Global: WH09J.WWTJ
Plus Code: 9C9PCG7G+XM
Entry Name: Lochcarron Parish Church, Kirkton
Listing Name: Lochcarron Old Parish Church
Listing Date: 25 March 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339102
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7258
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kirkton, Lochcarron Parish Church
ID on this website: 200339102
Location: Lochcarron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Parish: Lochcarron
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Church building
Circa 1840. Tall, rectangular church, harled with ashlar margins. 4 long Gothic Y-tracery windows with wooden
mullions and multi-pane glazing dominate the south elevation;
2 small pointed headed windows in east gable; entrance in centre
of west gable masked by modern glazed porch. Stumpy pinnacled
bellcote at west gable apex, cross at east; slate roof.
Interior; simple interior which appear to have been re-cast
in late 19th century; gallery fills west end; long communion
table;
Building in ecclesiastical use as such. Church originally
accommodated 700-800 persons; present lay-out has less
seating; communion table probably original but not pulpit.
East gable windows may be later insertions and together
with present internal arrangement be the work of Alexander
Ross, 1883. Present building replaced the church of 1751,
the ruins and burial ground of which are 200 yards to west.
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