St Kiaran's Episcopal Church, Campbeltown

St Kiaran’s Episcopal Church, Campbeltown
St Kiaran’s Episcopal Church, Campbeltown
St Kiaran’s Episcopal Church, Campbeltown
55°25′23.2″N5°36′19″W / 55.423111°N 5.60528°W / 55.423111; -5.60528
Location	Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Denomination	Scottish Episcopal Church
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Consecrated	8 September 1897 [1]
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Category C listed building
Designated	28 March 1996
Architect	Ronald Walker Stirling
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1890
Completed	1891
Construction cost	£3,300 (equivalent to £455,200in 2023) [2]
Administration
Diocese	Argyll and the Isles
Parish	Campbeltown

St Kiaran's Church, Argyll Street is a Category C listed building ^[3] in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute.

History

The congregation formed in Campbeltown in 1848 in the Town Hall. They prepared plans for a church of their own, but schemes were not accepted and they bought the United Session Church in Argyll St in 1850.

In 1885 the rectory and gates were erected to the designs of Henry Edward Clifford, but the church was designed by Ronald Walker Stirling and completed in 1891. ^[4]

The church was consecrated by Alexander Chinnery-Haldane the Bishop of Argyll in 1897. ^[5]

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ dating from ca. 1860 by J. Brook of Glasgow which was renovated in 1973 by Harrison and Harrison. ^[6]

References

1. "Highland Churches" . Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser. Scotland. 28 August 1897. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. Historic Environment Scotland. "St Argyll Street, St Kieran's Episcopal Church, including boundary wall, gates and gate piers (LB43048)" . Retrieved 26 November 2025.
4. Walker, Frank Arneil (2000). Argyll and Bute (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland). Yale University Press. p. 157. ISBN   0300096704.
5. "The consecration of St Kiaran's" . Campbeltown Courier. Scotland. 18 October 1897. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "NPOR [N00571]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 26 August 2025.