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Parish Church, Tighnabruaich

A Category B Listed Building in Kilfinan, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9075 / 55°54'27"N

Longitude: -5.2324 / 5°13'56"W

OS Eastings: 198055

OS Northings: 672989

OS Grid: NR980729

Mapcode National: GBR FFG3.829

Mapcode Global: WH1L4.LSM3

Plus Code: 9C7PWQ59+23

Entry Name: Parish Church, Tighnabruaich

Listing Name: Tighnabruaich Parish Church Church of Scotland

Listing Date: 1 October 1992

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346432

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13308

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Tighnabruaich, Parish Church

ID on this website: 200346432

Location: Kilfinan

County: Argyll and Bute

Electoral Ward: Cowal

Parish: Kilfinan

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

Boucher and Cousland, 1863. Rectangular-plan gabled church with Romanesque detailing, Cream sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. Base course.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gable elevation with bellcote, round-arched doorway to centre, roll-moulded surround, deeply splayed reveals, chamfered arrises with colonnettes, 2-leaf boarded doors, decorative cast-iron hinges. Narrow round-arched windows flanking. Hoodmould course above doorway and flanking windows. 2 round-arched lights above doorway, chamfered arrises with colonnettes, cill course with label stops.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4 round-arched windows. Diamond-pane leaded glazing. Grey slate roof, ashlar coped skew with label stops below bellcote.

INTERIOR: wainscot. Original pews. Number of memorial plaques. Stained glass memorial windows of late 19th century date - to Rev Alexander Stark on E wall; Rev Joseph Stark on W wall; to John MacMillan on E wall.

Statement of Interest

See also Tighnabruaich Manse listed separately. Built for the Free Church of Scotland due to the efforts of the Rev Joseph Stark and Rev Alexander Stark who were the brothers-in-law of James Cousland. Church closed since February 1992.

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