Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 10 am to 5 pm ArchitectName Sir Ninian Comper OpeningDate1 22/9/2018 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 15350 Refreshments No Street The street address Ski road AddressLine2 Aviemore Postcode PH22 1QH Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Church of St John the Baptist Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived highlandbadenochstrathspey Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2620 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.17622,-3.817391; Description An account of the resource <p>This white church on the ski road is passed by thousands every year, very few of whom realise that it is a masterpiece. It was designed by Sir Ninian Comper (1864-1960). He was a Scot who was arguably the greatest British 20th Church Architect and who described the building as his "little gem".</p><p>Sir Ninian Comper was much admired by Betjeman (and therefore ridiculed by Pevsner) and he is buried in Westminster Abbey, for which he designed 8 stained glass windows. He was much patronised by the Scottish Episcopal churches for which her created many fittings, windows, vestments and extensions but he was responsible for only three complete churches in Scotland, at Kirriemuir, Braemar and Rothiemurchus. This little building nestles amongst the Caledonian pines with the minimum of external or internal decoration. It was consecrated in 1931 in memory of John Peter Grant, the 13th Laird of Rothiemurchus.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1931