White-harled 1858 Church of Scotland kirk at Howmore, South Uist, known for its central enclosed communion table
Howmore Church is the Church of Scotland parish church at Howmore (Tobha Mòr) on the west side of South Uist. It was built in 1857 to 1858 by local craftsmen from the island's Protestant community, to a design by architect John McDearmid, and is a Category B listed building.
The white-harled church has a simple pine-lined interior and an unusual layout, with an enclosed communion table painted to resemble marble running down the centre of the church. It is one of very few churches in the Church of Scotland to keep this arrangement, and its white walls are used as a landmark by fishermen off the west coast.
The church stands beside the ruins of several medieval chapels in the Howmore conservation area.
Photo M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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