Description

1838. Rectangular church orientated to NW, with 3 stage square tower fronting SE gable. All harled rubble with polished ashlar dressings. Round-headed entrance in base of tower, with similarly headed window above and blind oculus below blocked wallhead cornice; crenellated wallhead, with small stack, serving tower vestry, masked by crenellation. 3 round-headed windows in each flank and single blocked window in NW crowstepped gable. All openings with long-short rusticated ashlar architraves; ashlar cills to windows.

Rusticated long-short quoins; apex cross at NW; bandcourse to long elevations below crenellated wallheads; slate roof in very poor condition.

Interior gutted.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Built by Sir Charles Gordon (of the Banffshire Roman Catholic Gordons) who bought Drimnin in 1835.

Building constructed on high rocky site over-looking the Sound of Mull, on which stood Drimnin Castle, demolished to make way for the church.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827890

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas