Building record 13648 - SOUTH UIST, HOWMORE, PARISH CHURCH

Summary

CHURCH

Location

Grid reference NF 75659 36413 (point)
Map sheet NF73NE
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office:

GD/201/3/90
Proposed parish church. A plan was submitted to the presbytery but Mr Duncan Shaw feels that at 850 pounds it is rather expensive. He asks Messrs. Hunter, Campbell and Co.WS to obtain a plan of a 'substantial plain church'. Letter, 1837

GD/201/3/91
Proposed church to be built at Howmore. Two plans with specification have been submitted to the presbytery and that of Mr Archibald Scott, Architect in Edinburgh, chosen. Some alterations to the specifications are listed. Craftsmens estimates amount to 710 pounds and 10 shillings. Mason: Kenneth MacKenzie, Joiner: George Peddie, 1837
REPORT DATE: 18/01/2005

NF73NE 35 75659 36413

NF 758 364 A desk-based survey and non-invasive site assessment was made, in association with Simpson & Brown Architects, of the complex of ruined churches and burial enclosures (NF73NE 1 and 35).
Sponsor: Southern Isles Amenity Trust
T Addyman 2000
REPORT DATE: 19/03/2003

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Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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