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Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings. https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh, is "Raising the roof with an umbrella festival" this summer
During the first two weeks of June you can sponsor an umbrella that will be fixed to the exterior railings to raise money for necessary roof repairs
Story here 👇
www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/03/10/e...
An angel with a skull and sheaves of corn on the 1686 memorial to Thomas Robertson in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. It was inside the church originally, but was removed in the major restoration of 1883.
#MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday #MementoMoriMonday
The striking ruins of Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire. The image shows the grey stone ruins, notably of the end of a church transept, reaching up into a blue sky. There's a standing stone tower a little to the left and another roofed building extending out of the frame to the right.
The striking ruins of Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire, founded by Tironensian monks from Kelso Abbey in the late 1100s on the site of a church dating back to the early 600s and once one of Scotland's grandest abbeys. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #KilwinningAbbey #Ayrshire
Explore more here 👇
www.visitstainedglass.uk/location/new...
There are a large variety of events held by the church such as the currently running photography competition for which the kirk itself provides many opportunities.
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There is a wonderful array of windows within #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, New Laigh Kirk, for #WindowsOnWednesday. It has a collection by artists such as Norman MacDougall (1904), J. T. & C. E. Stewart (1904), William Meikle & Sons (1904, 1906), A. C. Whalen (1973) and Susan Bradbury (1992, 2000)
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You can read more about this beautiful church on our website here 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/new-l...
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As #TowerTuesday wends to a close, here are a few shots of the wonderful landmark tower of the New Laigh Kirk in Kilmarnock, our #scottishchurchoftheweek
The four stage tower was built in the 17th century and predates the adjacent church that was raised in 1802 by architect Robert Johnstone.
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Further coverage of community efforts to save the historic Linton Kirk in the Scottish Borders, famous for its spectacular carved medieval tympanum featuring the "Linton Worm".
Read more here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Excellent idea
Space church!
The distinctive crown steeple of the former Strathbungo Parish Church of 1887 by McKissack and Rowan. It replaced an earlier church of 1839 by Charles Wilson and some of the original materials were used in the new building. It was converted to flats in 2006.
#glasgow
Today's the feast of St John Ogilvie, a Scottish Jesuit priest hanged at Glasgow Cross #OTD 10 March 1615. His image by Peter Howson hangs in the Blessed Sacrament chapel of St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow. Canonised in 1976, he's the only post-Reformation Scottish Saint so far.
A community is rallying around Linton Kirk in the Scottish Borders to purchase the church and save it.
Here is their appeal web page 👇
www.lintonkirk.org
and a legend! 👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_of...
plus more on the kirk on the SCT web page 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/linto...
Kirk of the Covenant, Dalmellington in East Ayrshire could become a community observatory and museum for a Scottish Dark Sky location.
Read about the Dark Sky Discovery👇
www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk
And the story here 👇
www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/2590685...
The obverse face features a large shafted Christian cross with hollow angles which spans the full width of the face and the majority of its length. The front of the stone is the most weathered face as, having been laid face-down, this portion of the stone was subjected to many years of cyclical wetting and drying. However, panels of decorative interlace and entangled zoomorphic creatures are still visible around the cross. Above the cross lies a narrow upper section which depicts the confronting heads of two fanged beasts. The Conan beasts have anatomically specific teeth – they have molars, canines and incisors – and feature dangling interlace from their mouths, perhaps representing their tongues or snakes. The reverse face depicts a range of different real and mythical creatures. In the upper left corner, approximately one fifth of the surface has been deliberately chipped away and re-inscribed with the names Hugh McAulay and Alexander McAulay, together with the date January 2 1796. This Pre-Reformation inscription obscures what may once have been a full-width serpent and Z-rod Pictish symbol, the floriated terminals of which are still visible as is the double disc and Z-shaped symbol below. To the side sits a small S-shaped figure matching the hippocampus (symbol no.159) in ECMS. The remaining space is occupied by rows of paired beasts: a kneeling figure with an animal head that often appears on Pictish cross-slabs, and is often termed the ‘formidable man’, faces a now headless centaur with two axes and a small cauldron-like object stands between them. Below, a pair of quadrupeds also face each other and two oxen with large U-shaped horns face rightwards. Interlace appears on both the narrow east and west faces of the stone. On the west face, the interlace terminates just beyond the half way point to give way to an angular key pattern.
Discovered in 2019, this 1,200-year-old Pictish cross-slab featuring real and mythical creatures was reused as a gravestone in the Highlands in the 18th century 🪦
Dig into the story with the North of Scotland Archaeological Society in Inverness on 19 March: www.digitscotland.com/events/not-a...
The bell tower of the former Dumbarton Free Church mysteriously collapsed last week and had to be mechanically demolished.
The unlisted 116 year old Dumbarton landmark was sold at auction by the Free Church of Scotland in April last year.
Full story here 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2591171...
The bell tower of the former Dumbarton Free Church mysteriously collapsed last week and had to be mechanically demolished.
The unlisted 116 year old Dumbarton landmark was sold at auction by the Free Church of Scotland in April last year.
Full story here 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2591171...
The church is the third church on the site, the present one replacing a building that was demolished following a disaster that killed 29 people.
More on this here 👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh_K...
and the SCT website 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/new-l...
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New Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, was built in a classical rectangular style in 1802 by architect Robert Johnstone and joined with an earlier 17th century tower.
Further significant renovations took place in 1903-04 overseen by the firm of Andrew and Newlands.
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Sad outcome, structures mean so much more to their communities than mere presence.
I'm feeling it a bit more today after last night's fire in Glasgow.
I hope whoever has the winning bid will respect what they have bought.
As well as being a hugely significant local landmark and a precious community sanctuary, St Columba's contains a remarkable collection of wonderful stained glass windows and one of the finest pipe organs in the country.
(Images: Courtesy of the Inverclyde Church Recorders)
A local community group has missed out on a bid to purchase the historic St Columba's Parish Church in Largs.
The Church of Scotland has revealed that an offer has been accepted for the historic building but cannot confirm who the winning bidder was.
Story 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2590764...
St Margaret of Scotland and St Helen, by Marjorie Kemp, 1938 in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh for #StainedGlassSunday.
Carmunnock Parish Church on the southern edge of Glasgow. Dating from the 1760s, I love how the external rope for the bell has worn a series of groves in the stonework of the bell tower.
#glasgow #carnmunnock #architecture #church #architecturephotography
Aerial view of a ruined church
St Colmac’s Church, Bute #bute #scotland #djimini4pro
Here are the oldest known photographs of Dunblane Cathedral. The first is of Dunblane Cathedral from across the river taken in 1857/58. The second is of the roofless nave of Dunblane Cathedral from about 1853/4
Find out more about the church and the fate of its historic pipe organ on our website here 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/parti...
Originally facing demolition in previously submitted development plans, the current owners of the historic Methodist Church in Partick, Glasgow, have had plans accepted to convert the 1881 Gothic church into an arts venue and community hub.
Full story here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birnie Kirk south of Elgin in Moray. The image shows a plain stone church from its side with the larger nave to the left and the choir to the right. There is a bellcote on top of the left-hand end of the roof. There are gravestones in grass in the foreground, mainly lying flat on the ground or lifted off it. The church is in sunlight.
Birnie Kirk south of Elgin in Moray, built around 1140 on the site of an earlier Celtic church. Birnie Kirk served as the first cathedral of the Bishops of Moray and it is one of the oldest churches in continuous use in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Moray
St Joh's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, seen from the kirkyard of adjacent St Cuthbert's Church of Scotland.