Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church

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Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church
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The church in 2005
Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church
55°57′46″N4°54′38″W / 55.962647°N 4.910563°W / 55.962647; -4.910563
Location2 Kirn Brae,
Kirn,
Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland, United Kingdom
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website Cowal Kirk website
History
Statusopen
Architecture
Functional statusused
Heritage designation Category B listed building
Designated20 July 1971
Architect(s) Peter MacGregor Chalmers
Architectural type Romanesque
Completed1907

Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church building in Kirn, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It also serves the population of nearby Sandbank. The church is located on Kirn Brae at its junction with Marine Parade, which leads to and from Dunoon, about a mile to the southwest. Constructed in the Romanesque style, it is a Category B listed building. [1]

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Its architect was Peter MacGregor Chalmers. Its red sandstone was brought from a quarry at Corrie on the Isle of Arran. [2]

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