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The history of the church within Scotland can at times be confusing, the current Church of Scotland building dates to the mid 1850's and was originally built as a Free Church. Designed by a Liverpool architect the building sits overlooking Somerled Square. With the Free Church having been formed in 1843 and subsequent splits within the organisation it isn't suprising to find many of the buildings later becoming part of The United Free Church, (in 1900 at Portree). By 1929 both the United Free Church and the Established Church had lost ground to the Catholic faith. Only by uniting did they hope to dominate again and an enlarged and stronger Church of Scotland emerged.

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