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Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church

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Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church — church building in Lamlash, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church, historic churches in Scottish Highlands

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About

Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1880. Built in the Gothic Revival style. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "church building in Lamlash, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.5321°, -5.1299°.

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Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 28/01/1994 Local Authority North Ayrshire Planning Authority North Ayrshire Parish Kilbride NGR NS 02569 30939 Coordinates 202569, 630939 — H and D Barclay, 1886. T-plan, aisleless, Gothic-style church with massive campanile-like tower. Snecked, bull-faced red rubble sandstone, ashlar dressings, green slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles. Deep base course, eaves course, buttresses to eash gable, sawtooth skews with pedimented kneelers, stepped lancet detail and finials (some missing) at gable api. Single pointed windows with nook shafts and hoodmoulds, 3-light stepped window at front gable in similar style, 3-light stepped lancets to east gable with chamfered arrises, chainlink pattern leaded lights. Rectangular cast-iron downpipes with decorative fixings and hoppers. N ELEVATION: tower advanced to centre, window at ground floor, 2-leaf boarded door at left return, multiple-moulded, pointed-arch doorcase with squat nook shafts and foliate capitals, set in gable doorpiece; corniced upper stage with architraved, 3-light pointed-arch belfry openings to each elevation, row of flight-holes set-back above as eaves course, finialled pyramidal spirelet. 2 windows to nave at left; shallow transept to right with 3 windows, 1 window to right return; 4 lucarnes to nave roof. E GABLE: 3-light window. S ELEVATION: 4 windows to right, transept advanced to left with shouldered-arch doorpiece to centre, 3 windows, window to right return; 4 lucarnes to nave roof. W GABLE: low, gabled transverse vertry at centre with pedimented dormerhead, window to left and right returns, door to left and right return linking section; 3-light window, 2 squat octagonal stacks to either side of gablehead. INTERIOR: boarded vestibule; 3 pointed ashlar arches to transepts with polished gr

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Place summary

Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church is a Victorian church located in the Scottish Highlands, postcode KA27. Established in 1880, it is designated as a category A listed building, reflecting its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
55.5321, -5.1299
Postcode
KA27 8LS
Parliamentary constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran
Established
1880
Official site
www.arrancoast.com

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church?
Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode KA27 8LS).
When was Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church built?
Built or established in 1880.
Is Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church a listed building?
Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
Is Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church free to visit?
Yes, Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church is free to enter.
How do I get to Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church?
Drivers can navigate to postcode KA27 8LS. It sits within the North Ayrshire and Arran parliamentary constituency.