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Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan

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Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
30 min–1 h
  • Free entry

About

Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB43392). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 14/05/1971 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Burgh Cove And Kilcreggan NGR NS 22420 81053 Coordinates 222420, 681053 — 1852, substantial additions and alterations by Honeyman and Keppie, 1889. T-plan hall and transept Gothic church, steeply-pitched roof. Whinstone and sandstone rubble, stugged sandstone margins and dressings. Base course; string course; hoodmoulds; sawtooth coped buttresses; lancet windows; quoins; chamfered reveals. SE ELEVATION: 5-bay nave with broad gabled transept and recessed chancel bay to outer left. Broad, asymmetrical gabled transept to penultimate left, buttresses, 3-light lancet window at upper stage, flanking diminutive trefoil lights, lozenge light in gablehead; 3-light lancet window on left return, whinstone relieving arch. Lean-to porch at centre ground, 2-light leaded lancet breaking eaves, quatrefoil light in gablehead, gabletted buttresses. Broad Tudor-arched door on left return, ball-flower moulding around lintel, whinstone relieving arch, 2-leaf boarded, hinged door; small trefoil window on right return; stepped string course, label stop. Lancet to right of porch at ground, larger plate traceried window to outer right. Recessed bay to outer left, steps leading up to blocked pointed arch door at corner right, steps leading down to shouldered arch basement door to outer left. 5-bay nave recessed to outer right delineated by buttresses, 2-light lancets; broad bay to outer right, arcade of 3 pointed arches, dividing colonnettes, centre arch blind, broad gable breaking eaves above, large rosette in gablehead. Shouldered, gabled bellcote over chancel arch, pierced lancets, central lozenge in gablehead. NW ELEVATION: 5-bay nave with broad asymmetrical M-gable of transept and vestry to o

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

Craigrownie Church is located on Church Road in Cove and Kilcreggan, within the Scottish Highlands. It is designated as a category B listed building, reflecting its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
55.9895, -4.8485
Postcode
G84 0LZ
Parliamentary constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan?
Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode G84 0LZ).
Is Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan a listed building?
Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan free to visit?
Yes, Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan is free to enter.
How do I get to Craigrownie Church, Church Road, Cove and Kilcreggan?
Drivers can navigate to postcode G84 0LZ. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.