---
title: "Howmore Church, South Uist"
description: "Located in South Uist, Western Isles. Built Designed 1837; built 1840s. Grade B. Plain harled kirk with Y-tracery style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of Scotland","Western Isles","South Uist","Howmore","Category B"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/howmore-church-south-uist"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:42:36.348Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:15.683Z"
location: "South Uist, Western Isles"
country: "Scotland"
county: "Western Isles"
town: "South Uist"
address: "Howmore, South Uist, Western Isles, HS8 5SH"
postcode: "HS8 5SH"
built: "Designed 1837; built 1840s"
architect: "Archibald Scott of Edinburgh"
denomination: "Church of Scotland"
grade: "B"
style: "Plain harled kirk with Y-tracery"
materials: "Harled masonry; slate roof"
openingHours: "We consider our church to be a spiritual place of sanctuary and as such the church is usually open at all times. During spring 2020, we are in the midst of a major renovation project and therefore the is no access for the first few months of 2020."
parish: "South Uist"
gridReference: "NF 757 364"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church"
---

# Howmore Church, South Uist

Howmore Parish Church is a Category B listed Church of Scotland kirk at Howmore, South Uist. Historic Environment Scotland records a design of 1837 by Archibald Scott of Edinburgh, built in the 1840s. The listing name is Howmore Parish Church and Churchyard Walls (LB18771).

## Overview

The official description is a plain three-bay rectangular church, all harled, with a former vestry on the north wall and a later hall adjoining. Openings are round-headed; a door and gallery window stand in the east gable below a gabled apex belfry; the tall bay windows have Y-tracery. The roof is slated, with straight skews and gabletted skewputts. Inside, a long central communion table with a marbled top runs the length of the church — noted as a rare survival — with the pulpit on the west wall and an east gallery on two columns.

The presbytery chose Scott's plan over a scheme by Alexander MacKenzie of Portree. Howmore has been an ecclesiastical centre of South Uist for many centuries; ruined chapels including Teampull Mor lie nearby. Later congregational accounts sometimes date the build to 1857–58 and name local craftsmen; the statutory list remains the authority for architect and date. Scottish listings are not entered as Historic England or Cadw list-entry URLs.

## Further Information

- [Historic Environment Scotland LB18771 (via British Listed Buildings)](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200352917-parish-church-howmore-south-uist-south-uist)
- [Trove: Howmore Parish Church](https://www.trove.scot/place/172050)
- [Scotland's Churches Trust: Howmore Church](https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/howmore-church-south-uist/)