Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Rhu HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 9am - 5pm ArchitectName William Spense, with additions of nave by Honeyman and Keppie OpeningDate1 24/9/2017 OpeningTime2 1pm - 5pm IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 14828 Refreshments No Street The street address Gareloch Road Postcode G84 8RP Parking No 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 Rhu and Shandon Church Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived argyllbute Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 527 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.01839,-4.782354; Description An account of the resource <p>There has been a church on the same site for over 365 years, the parish initially extending from Garelochhead to Cardross. The current building is the third and was completed in 1851. The second was the one in which Rev John McLeod Campbell preached his doctrine known now as The Row Heresy.</p><p>The Parish of Shandon became re-united with Rhu in 1971a split in 1844 saw Shandon forming its own Free Church congregation. There are a number of graves of interesting people spread out around the church yard most notably those of Sir James Guthrie and Henry Bell; and there is also a memorial to those who served on the Clyde Training Ship Cumberland which was destroyed by fire in 1889.In 2017 the Minister is Rev David T Young and he is supported by Rev Tina Kemp. Services are held every Sunday and the congregation is linked with Helensburgh Parish Church and at times, services are shared in one or other church.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851