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The ochre-harled old Kilmorack church, now Kilmorack Gallery, with its banner by the door, a giant metal spider sculpture on the gravel and a large metal lizard on the wall.
Inverness-shire

Kilmorack Gallery

A contemporary art gallery in the old Kilmorack church, on the Cannich road three miles from Beauly.

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Seeing new art inside an old church is a real treat, and Kilmorack Gallery does it beautifully.

The church went up in 1786 as Beauly's parish church, and until a new kirk was built in the village in the mid-1800s, its people made the uphill walk out here to worship. Behind the elegant Georgian front, the inside is a Gothic surprise from 1835, with pink plaster, rose windows in the gables and mermaid-shaped hooks for the chandeliers. The building stood empty from 1972 until Tony Davidson opened it as a gallery in 1997, and today it shows paintings and sculpture, with the exhibitions changing through the year and the work for sale. The River Beauly runs just across the road, and you'll know you've arrived when you spot the large lizard on the wall. Give yourself an hour, and check the opening days before a winter visit.

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Where
From the A862, turn onto the A831: the gallery is the second church on the right, 1.3 miles along. IV4 7AL.
Open
From mid-March to 31 October, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. From 1 November to 20 December, Wednesday to Saturday, and from 4 January to 14 March, Thursday to Saturday. Over Christmas and New Year, Wednesdays and Thursdays only.
By appointment
On any other day: call 01463 783230 or email art@kilmorackgallery.co.uk.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On the A831 opposite the Kilmorack dam, 13 miles west of Inverness.

Close byBeauly, Kirkhill and Muir of Ord.
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Certhia on its ridge: a two-storey log cabin of great notched logs under a turf roof, steps up to the door.StruyCerthia at Eagle BraeSleeps 4 · 9.9 miles
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Parus on its slope at dusk above bluebells in the grass, its gable windows lit.StruyParus at Eagle BraeSleeps 2 · 9.9 miles
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Buteo, a long turf-roofed log cabin on level ground, a log picnic table in the grass before it and the hill behind.Buteo at Eagle Brae
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