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High Kirk
Old Parish Church
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High Kirk, 2011
55°56′50″N 4°55′32″W / 55.947188°N 4.925433°W / 55.947188; -4.925433
Location Dunoon, Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland, United Kingdom
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website Cowal Kirk Website
History
Status Closed
Architecture
Functional status Closed
Heritage designation Category B listed building
Designated 20 July 1971
Architect(s) James Gillespie Graham
Architectural type Gothic revival
Years built 1816

High Kirk, also known as the Old Parish Church, is a Church of Scotland church building in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on Kirk Street, just south of the town centre. Constructed in the Gothic revival style, it is a Category B listed building. The High Kirk is scheduled for closure. Its final service was held on 1 October 2023.

History

The church was completed in 1816, to a design by architect James Gillespie Graham of Edinburgh, built near the site of an earlier, 15th-century parish church, the Bishop's Palace, which became the Cathedral Church of both the Roman Catholic and Episcopalian Bishops of Argyll. In the late 18th century, this building became dilapidated and was demolished, and the stone used to build the current incarnation. It was enlarged in 1834 by David Hamilton of Glasgow. Five years later, the church's tower, which is in three stages, was raised by eight feet. It has a clock, presented by William Campbell, on each of its four sides. In 1909, Andrew Balfour lengthened and widened the church. The 1939 chancel window is by Douglas Hamilton.

Graveyard

The church's graveyard contains gravestones dating from the 13th century. Also interred here are bishops Andrew Boyd, John Cameron (d. 1623) and Hector McLean.

See also

  • List of listed buildings in Dunoon
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