Former Episcopal Church Of St John, Ballachulish

About

St John's Church is an active Scottish Episcopal Church congregation in Ballachulish, Highland, Scotland. It is part of the West Highland Region of the diocese of Argyll and the Isles of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Revd Amanda Fairclough is the priest in charge.

The current church building dates to 1842, replacing an earlier church. It was designed by Oban architect Peter Macnab. The church is a Category C listed building.

The nave was built in 1842; the chancel was added by David Mackintosh in 1888. The altar and gilded reredos are by J. W.

M. Wedderburn, 1888. The main entrance is in the centre of the western gable; a secondary entrance is located in the eastern end of the northern wall.

The former church building stands a few yards southeast of the present church. Local tradition has it that this was the store house from which Bishop Forbes preached in 1770; it was later consecrated as a chapel. The church's burial ground, which features a ha-ha at the seaward boundary, is Category B listed.

According to Historic Environment Scotland, it contains an "exceptional collection of 19th-century finely inscribed" tomb stones; many are of Ballachulish slate.