Kilfinichen Church, Kilfinichen Bay, Mull

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 28/08/1980 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon NGR NM 49211 28586 Coordinates 149211, 728586 — 1804, repaired 1828, alterations and conversion to residential, 1998. Gabled, Gothic, former parish church with transept to south and later addition to east gable to form dwelling house. Rubble. Bird-cage belfry to west gable with moulded columns, stepped cap and ball-finial at apex. Pointed windows, three to each side, with Y tracery and leaded stained glass; thistle motifs to south elevation. Slate roof. Chimney addition to south pitch. Later timber shutters and bargeboards as part of conversion to dwelling house. INTERIOR: Exposed rubble walls. Remodelled interior scheme for residential, including stair with timber bannisters and balustrades to upper floor area. Rubble chimneypiece insertion to west gable wall. BOUNDARY WALLS: rectangular-plan, extending to shoreline; low rubble wall with rubble piers linked by wrought-iron railings. — The former Kilfinichen Kirk was built in 1804 to replace the earlier medieval Kilfinichen Church and burial ground, the remains of which are located a short distance to the east. It is a good survival of a small, traditional parish church in the Gothic Revival manner with pointed-arch windows and a fine moulded stone birdcage belfry. Now converted to a private dwelling with a pitched-roof extension added to the west gable in 1998, it continues to evidence the period in which it was built and makes a contribution to this remote, scenic and sparsely populated area of Mull. Located beside Loch Scridain (loch with the scree side) near Kilfinichen Bay, the former church sits between Tavool House to the west and Killiemore House to the east (see separate listings

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.