| St Colmac's Church | |
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 The ruins in 2011, looking northeast | |
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| 55°51′35″N5°06′44″W / 55.85980°N 5.11217°W | |
| Location | St Colmac, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Colmac |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | John Paterson |
| Architectural type | Gothic |
| Completed | c. 1835 |
St Colmac's Church is a ruined 19th-century church in St Colmac, north-east of Ettrick Bay, on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in 1835, it is now a Category B listed structure, as are its kirkyard, boundary wall, gatepiers and gates. [1]
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What is now known as Cnoc an Raer , the former manse of the church, is located about 600 feet (180 m) to the west, built around the same time. [2] Both properties are believed to have been built by John Paterson, a "very able builder and skilled mason" [3] of Largs. [4] They stand on the northern side of the B875 road, [5] the church in a triangular plot of land with a minor road bounding it on its northern side.
Now gutted, the church's interior had an "unusual" arrangement, per photographs in the possession of the National Monuments Record of Scotland, with a full-length common communion table running east-to-west down the centre of the church, flanked by timber pews. West-facing box pews lined the side aisles. According to the handbook of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, the communion table was made when required by converting pew ends. [1]
