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Additions to Craigrownie Church, Cove

M017 Additions to Craigrownie Church, Cove

Address: Church Road, Cove G84 0LZ
Date: 1889–90
Client: Craigrownie Church
Authorship: Authorship category 4 (Office) (Office)

The church begun in 1852, built as a chapel of ease, to a design by H. H. MacKinney of Liverpool. 1 In 1889–90, John Honeyman & Keppie extended the nave considerably to accommodate 140 extra seats and a small gallery for the organ and choir. 2

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of John Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during Mackintosh's time there. Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but there is no specific evidence for his involvement in this case.

Alternative names: Craigrownie Parish Church.

Cost from office job book: £797 11s 9½d

Cost from other sources: 'The cost of the extension was originally estimated at £750'. 3

Status: Standing building

Current name: Craigrownie Church

Current use: Church (2014)

Listing category: B

Historic Scotland/HB Number: 43392

RCAHMS Site Number: NS28SW 19

Grid Reference: NS 22420 81053

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.987898, lng = -4.847215   (Map)

Notes:

1: Frank Arneil Walker and Fiona Sinclair, Buildings of Scotland: Argyll and Bute, London: Penguin, 2000, p. 211.

2: Glasgow Herald, 17 June 1890, p. 10.

3: Glasgow Herald, 17 June 1890, p. 10.