Stoer Parliamentary Church (Former), Lochinver

Standard Parliamentary T-plan church; coursed rubble, contrasting tooled dressings. Depressd arched paired doors in outer bays of south elevation;
similarly detailed paired centre windows; similar single windows in end gables and rear wing. Gutted and roofless. Church stands in small burial ground enclosed by rubble drystone wall.

"Quoad sacra" parish of Stoer established in 1834 (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

April 1996: External inspection reveals the church to be a gutted and roofless shell. February 1998: Local planners report that the owner has plans to turn the building into a memorial for the Highland Clearances. May 2000: Local planners are unaware of any change. June 2006: LPA reports no change to property.

21 June 2012: External inspection finds the building remains in ruinous condition. The wallheads are not secure: some stones are edging outwards and masonry can be found on the ground.

25 September 2013: External inspection finds the building remains a ruin.

26 July 2016: Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for the restoration and conversion of the former church to form a dwelling are being sought ref: 16/03070/FUL & 16/03071/LBC.

17 October 2018: Full Planning Permission for the conversion of the property into a dwelling has been conditionally granted on appeal ref: PPA-270-2196. The property was de-listed in August 2017 - record updated to note the former church is no longer C-listed.

22 February 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains disused.