£1M+ Funding for St Conan’s!
PRESS RELEASE St.Conan’s Kirk’s £1.5m fusion of heritage and community action backed by £1m lottery award A truly unique historic Highland church created from a son’s love for his mother and his love of architecture, has been awarded £1million to secure its future as a community hub and visitor attraction. Nestled on the banks of […]
60 for 60 – Funding News!
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cruachan Power Station, renewable energy company Drax has awarded £60,000 through its charitable entity the Drax Foundation, to support two transformative projects in Argyll, near to the location of its iconic pumped hydro storage station. We are delighted that they have chosen St Conan’s as one of those projects […]
108 Sun Salutations
We were delighted and honoured when Teàrlach MacDonald from Tearlach Yoga contacted us recently. Teàrlach runs Yoga classes in the area and over the last few years he has been celebrating the Summer Soltice with 108 Sun Salutations. This practice is a symbolic and physical ritual, often seen as a way to honour the sun and […]
Dynamic Lighting Funding
Last year, the team at St Conan’s invested a small amount of money to allow us to experiment with dynamic coloured lighting that could be used at some of our events, such as the Pumpkin and Christmas Tree festivals. These waterproof (always a must in Argyll) LED lights are extremely low powered, but can add […]
QR Code Trail Launched
We’re excited to announce the launch of a brand-new way to experience the beauty and history of St Conan’s Kirk – a self-guided QR Code trail that brings the stories behind the stones to life. From today, visitors can explore the Kirk with their smartphones in hand. Discreet QR codes placed throughout the building now […]
The Bruce Basement
Underneath the Bruce Chapel is a double height space that was never completed when the Kirk was opened in 1930. The feeling is that the Trustees had run out of energy to complete this space with the effort needed to complete the building. It is believed it may have been designed as a small accommodation […]
The Crypt
Underneath the Chancel and Ambulatory in the East end of the kirk is the amazing Crypt. Unfortunately this has to be closed to the public due to the lack of handrails and safety signage. However we would love to open it for public access, and ideally as a small performance space and as an extra […]
£1m Community Vision
St.Conan’s Kirk in the Argyll and Bute village of Lochawe has been revealed as one of only twelve UK buildings to be awarded funding in the latest round of funding by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. An open day on Saturday 4th November 2023 (10am until 4pm) will give visitors and local communities an opportunity […]
Lottery Award Update 2023
After a lot of of hard work we are delighted to announce that the The National Lottery Heritage Fund have awarded the Kirk £94,032 to carry out Development works in preparation for a larger application in 2024. This award will help us carry out the design work needed to solve a range of items including […]
Lighting Project
The Kirk was completed in 1930. Up until 2019, the kirk had 4 chandelier lights in the Nave and a little bit of lighting beside the exhibition area. After dusk the building becomes quite dark, gloomy and atmospheric, but you can’t see very much! In 2018 we engaged Paul Covell Lighting Consultants to help us […]
