Kilarrow Parish Church
The Kilarrow Parish Church, also Bowmore Round Church, a Presbyterian church building in Bowmore, the capital of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay. It is located in a prominent, raised position at the head of Main Street, on which the A846 passes through Bowmore. On July 20, 1971, the Kilarrow Round Church was included in the British lists of monuments in category A.
In the Kilarrow Parish Church today for regular services are held. It is the main church of the Parish Kilarrow.
History
In 1747 Daniel Campbell procured the introduction of a third Parish on Islay, from which the three Parish Kildalton and Oa, Kilarrow and Kilmeny and Kilchoman and Kilchiaran emerged. As dichtstbesiedelter Parish two church buildings should be operated in Kilarrow and Kilmeny. Daniel Campbell died in 1753, resulting in the implementation of Decision delayed. His second son, Daniel Campbell, 2nd Laird of Islay Shawfield and inherited at the age of 16 years, his possessions on the island and was first sent to training on the European continent. Probably in talks with John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, he got the idea for the construction of plan cities. There he saw probably a design by architect John Adam for a round church in Inveraray, which was rejected due to the inability to separate the interior into a Gaeltacht and English-speaking parts. From his visit to Italy he took with him the impression of prominently located above the village churches.
In 1763 led Campbell alerted by his father Islay division into three Parishs one. In addition, should the eponymous town of Parish, Kilarrow that today Bridgend corresponds to parts to be abandoned in favor of the expansion of lands of Islay House. Campbell planned the resettlement of the population Kilarrows in a settlement plan, which he completed in 1770 with the establishment Bowmores. The Kilarrow Parish Church was built as one of the first buildings of the new town in the years 1767-1769 in a prominent position above Loch Indaal.
Description
The church building is of unusual, round building, which has an outside diameter of 18.3 m, where the masonry is about 84 cm thick. It has two floors and is lit by a simple lattice windows along the outside walls. To the northwest, a four-story bell tower is preceded with a square base, which is connected to the rotunda. At the level of the second floor square frames are mounted on all four outer sides, which should probably take tower clocks, but have not installed later. The top two floors of the tower are tapered gradually from an octagonal floor plan. On top sits a small dome. The front side of the tower is made of ashlar, the edges being discontinued. There is also the round-arched, doppelflüglige entrance door to this page. Also, a commemorative plaque, which Daniel Campbell identifies as a donor of the building and it inaugurates the Almighty God is to be found there. Since the base falls to the northwest, the church is a base to reason and the entrance door can only be achieved through several stages. With the exception of the front and the top two floors of the tower, the building is plastered and whitewashed in the traditional Harling technique.
The pulpit is located at the south end of the building. Opposite her is a U-shaped gallery, which is supported by eight pillars simple. This was not in the original condition and was only added in 1830. The interior was probably completely renovated in the year 1890. Around this time an organ was installed. The furnishings come mainly from the 20th century. In the center is a massive, cast-iron pillars with a diameter of 48 cm, which carries the conical roof.