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CHURCHES
BUNESSAN
T he first church was one of
two built in 1804 to serve the united parish of Kilfinchen and Kilvickeon - and replaced the old
parish church of Kilvickeon. When John
Stevenson of Oban was estimating the cost of the
building, he offered the presbytery a discount
if some of the stones were used from the
crumbling Kilvicheon church. This offer was
accepted by the presbyters and heritors 'with
eagerness'.
The present church was built
in 1910 on the site of the original Episcopal
church built following the Battle of
Inverkerthing in 1650.
It is a plain oblong building
of harled rubble masonry and has a gable-ended
roof and Gothic windows. The exterior has been
altered by the addition of a porch and on the
north side with buttresses. Overhanging eaves
have also been introduced. The vestry on the
south side may also be an addition, although of
an earlier date than the other alterations.
The interior has also been
altered - it originally had two Laird's
Galleries - and now conforms to a typical 'hall
church', but the panelled gallery at the east
end and the pews are probably original.
For further information see: Jo
Currie Mull the island and its people (Birlinn
2000) ISBN 1 84158 105 4
RCAHMS Argyll Volume 3
(Her Majesty's Stationery Office Edinburgh 1980)
ISBN 0 11 491591 1
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