| Saint Conan's
Kirk, Loch Awe |
Walter Campbell and his sister Helen included just about ever
architectural design on the exterior.
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All work was done by the family's own employees.
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The ambulatory, which protects the apse as seen
from the north
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The north side is quite simple and almost Norman
in look
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Part of the arcading
and stonework for the cloisters was taken from the pre-Reformation church
of Inchinnan
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The builder erected this cross in memory of his
mother, it is on the right as you enter the cloisters
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| The roof of the
Cloister Garth is covered in Celtic designs
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The original church was started in 1881 and
finished in 1886 and was quite small, however...
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...Walter Campbell was not satisfied and began
work in 1907 on the building we see today.
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Walter died in 1914, and after WW I his sister
took his plans and continued the work.
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Helen died in 1927 and the project had to be
completed by the trustees
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These are the 2 Hares,
you have to visit to find the hound
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Thy Sun
Shall No More
Go Down
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The heavy oak beams were taken from the
battleships Caledonia and the Duke of Wellington
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St Conan, is the patron
saint of Lorne, he was a disciple of Columba, he also came from Ireland
and became bishop
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Flying buttress and shadow
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The gates to the crypt
are decorated with sailing boats
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This elaborate Norman archway leads into Saint
Columba's Aisle
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It is on the south side that you can see the
explosion of architectural influences
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The church has no
foundations and is perched on the rock face
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. The large tower is influenced by the old Saxon
church of Monkwearmouth in Durham
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| It is the view from
this sundial which set the site of the church
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The interior is in the Romanesque style
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Helen Campbell designed
and painted this window herself
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A Robin on the terrace
of Saint Modan's Walk.
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| It was the the arrival
of the railway in the 1870's which led to the increase in houses along the
loch
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The effigy in the Bruce Chapel contains an
ossuary with a bone of the king from Dunfermline Abbey
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The effigy is more than life size and of wood and
alabaster by the Edinburgh sculptor, Mr. Carrick
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The ironwork bears the initials and badges of
Walter Campbell buried in the St Brides Chapel
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| Saint Modan was a saint
of the Celtic church, the inscriptions are quotes of the Benedictine
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The rock didn't come from a quarry, but was stone
on the hillside rolled down and cut on site
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Loch Awe continues 20 miles towards the South,
however this view, above, is north to Kilcburn Castle
and from the East shore
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The detail
and care continues in the stained glass windows overlooking the loch |
Angel of the water |
Dialling
the Sun
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Dolphin Chair |
The Bruce
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