Carrick Castle Church Including Gates And Railings

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 04/05/2006 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Parish Lochgoilhead And Kilmorich National Park Loch Lomond And The Trossachs NGR NS 19178 95085 Coordinates 219178, 695085 — Carrick Castle Church, built 1892, is a small, rectangular plan, corrugated-iron clad building. Its exterior is a very simple example of tin building architecture. DESCRIPTION The E gable entrance front, which faces the loch, has simple radial timbering to the apex; below is a small gabled porch with 2-leaf timber-boarded doors. The side elevations are of 4 bays, with unusual window arrangement comprising a large square 9 pane window (although the windows are not original, the glazing pattern copies that of the original windows) with a small single pane window positioned centrally just above. To the rear gable end is a small single storey flat-roofed section, one bay deep and running the width of the church; this forms the session room, lavatory and vestry. The N elevation of the flat-roofed section has a window, of the pattern described above, which lights the session room; the long rear (W) elevation has a plain rectangular window lighting each of the 3 rooms within, and to the south elevation is a timber-boarded door which gives access to the vestry. In the apex of the rear gable-end is an octagonal opening containing a modern stained glass window which replaced the original wheel window. INTERIOR The interior of the church is entirely timber-boarded, and retains the original stencilled dado scheme. The roof is of timber scissor beam construction. In the early 21st century, approximately half the original pews were removed to create a recreation area. The remainder of the pews are original and many have hat-holders on the underside of the seats.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.