Historic churches · Scottish Lowlands
Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown
Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB22942). 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 20/07/1971 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Burgh Campbeltown NGR NR 72014 20064 Coordinates 172014, 620064 — George Dempster of Greenock, 1803-08. 2-storey 7 x 4-bay classical church of rectangular plan with 3-tier entrance/bell tower of 1884 projecting at centre of NE (principal) front. Roughcast walls with droved ashlar margins and details. Droved ashlar tower. Base course, string and cill courses at 1st floor level, eaves cornice. Margins to windows, doors and corners, projecting cills. NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3 centre bays slightly advanced, pedimented gable with plain acroteria, tower obscuring centre bay. Outer bays slightly advanced, gallery doors at ground with stone steps, blank ashlar plaques above. TOWER: 3-stage, high base course, stone steps to round-arched entrance door. Band course and cill course at 1st floor with round- arched window at centre. Principal cornice at 2nd floor with subsidiary cornice above. Plain base to upper stage, round-arched openings with louvres, pilasters framing faces and angled corners. Entablature and cornice above with cutaway corners. Parapet with lugged, architraved, panel surmounted by segmental pediment and ball final to each face. Octagonal spires at corners on corniced bases with fluted pilasters, ball finials at apexes. NW ELEVATION: 4-bay side elevation with gallery stair tower projecting forward in bay to outer left, single round-arched window to landing on SW face. Round-arched windows at 2nd - 3rd bays, regularly spaced. Entrance door at ground floor between bays 3 and 4. SE ELEVATION: mirrored layout of NW elevation (above). SW (REAR) ELEVATION: symmetrical, 4 bays, with round-arched windows at ground and 1st floor of outer bays. Large round-arched windows to
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From the Wikipedia article
Highland Parish Church is a Category B listed building in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute.
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Background
History
A Gaelic Church was built in 1642 at the south-east end of Kirk Street. By the early 19th century it was decided to replace it with a new building, and the congregation built Highland Parish Church between 1803 and 1808 at a cost of £2,395 (). The architect was George Dempster of Greenock and the superintendent for building was Robert Watt of Glasgow. During construction the design of the steeple was changed, which resulted in the partial collapse of the building. On 18 November 1830 the steeple was struck by lightening. Damage was estimated at £300. It was rebuilt again in 1833 by John Baird of Glasgow. It was struck again by lightening on 19 December 1884 when 30 to 40 ft of the steeple…
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- Coordinates
- 55.4213, -5.6042
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA28 6EZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- wikidata: Q17773050 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Highland Parish Church, Campbeltown (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown?
- Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA28 6EZ).
- Is Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown a listed building?
- Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown free to visit?
- Yes, Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown is free to enter.
- How do I get to Highland Parish Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA28 6EZ. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.