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Snippets of History |
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Date/Era 1830, 1980 |
Topic Religion |
District Clachan |
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| The Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland is a Thomas Telford design, which was built along with the manse during the years 1828 to 1830. At the time the building went up, it was situated on the Garadh fhada farm. The total sum for the building of the church and manse came to approx £1,700. Around 1892, the interior of the church was refurbished. During that year, Livingstone Macdonald was building Flòdaigearaidh house (later called Flodaigeraidh hotel). Livingstone MacDonald instructed his joiners to undertake repairs at the church on completion of the big house. The joiners built a floor into the church, and this improvement was gifted to the church. Willie Mackenzie (a Gairloch man) was the foreman joiner on the job, and he married a MacLaughlin woman from Stoighseall. In 1980, the church underwent major design repairs inside and out, to the tune of £40,000. The windows were double glazed. It was forbidden to replace them, as the church is a Listed Building. In 1980, the roof was reslated, the interior was completely renovated and the ceiling was lowered. Pulpits and seats were rearranged. The only features which remained were the pews which were made by Livingstone MacDonald's joiners around 1892. The original manse which had been built in 1892 was sold around 1980. | |