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Listed Category B. William Burn designed the original church with the 1882-4 chancel, vestry and porch added by Hay and Henderson. Gothic front to Eastgate with simple rectangular plan inside. Fine 1909 Harrison three-manual organ.

St Peters Kirk was built in 1836-7 as the Parish Church of Sandwick, replacing a series of older churches on the site. It enjoys magnificent views across the Bay of Skaill, and is close to the prehistoric village of Skara Brae, now part of Orkney's…

Designed by Bishop Kyle and the Architect, Alexander Ellis the foundations were laid in 1851 and the church completed in 1857. The resulting fine Gothic Church with its prominent west front (said to be a reduced version of that of Elgin Cathedral)…

Listed Category A structure, dating originally to at least the 13th century. The church is roofless but includes at its west end the base of a 14th century tower along with the remains of a 16th century porch. It was partially rebuilt possibly around…

The church is hidden away off the Castlegate, from an elegant arched gateway incorporated into an 1843 tenement and a pend leads into the delightful Chapel Court. The façade onto the court dates from Harry Leith’s 1814 extension to the…

Category A church by Jack Coia and T Wharnett Kennedy, 1938, in red and yellow brick with red tiled roof rectangular tower and a simple, impressive interior. New stained glass by Lighthouse Glass of Irvine. Parish Centre added 1997; the Presbytery…

This church was designed and built in 1885 by the notable Highland architect, Alexander Ross. The chancel was added in 1906. There is a fine carved reredos gifted to the church in 1905 and a pew back from Old St Peter's Kirk dating back to 1676.…

The church has deep and wide twin gabled transepts with a semi-octagonal apse. Beautiful stained glass windows from 1905, with the most recent having been added in 2006.

There has been an Episcopalian congregation in the glen for hundreds of years. Part of the effect of the 1689 - 90 revolution in Scotland was that the Presbyterian Church of Scotland replaced the Episcopalian one, though an exception was in…

Only the massive tower and highest spire in Dundee give any hint of the splendour within Dundee’s Episcopal Cathedral. Famous Victorian architect, Gilbert Scott, uses ingenuity to create grandeur on the constricted site of Castle rock. Come and see a…

This C-listed building is a good example of an arts and crafts Gothic style church. It was designed by HD Walton in 1897 and is currently in full ecclesiastical use. The foundation stone was laid in 1898 for St Pauls in Airdrie though the Church…

A unique and striking example of the work of Antonio Coia (1935). A soaring gable characterises a church of great strength. A framework of steel is encased in reinforced concrete and enveloped in Lanarkshire brick with a backing of Scots Cement clay…

This fantastic grade-A listed building was designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and constructed in 1964 for the catholic congregation of Kilsyth and surrounding areas. The building was also one of the Scotstyle 100 buildings of the last 100 years for…

The new £7.012M St Patrick’s Primary School building was constructed in 2015/16 following the demolition of the old school. The school opened in November 2016 and is a two storey brick clad building with areas of feature cladding and curtain walling…

Saturday 1st September.Dumbarton. How to get there : Strathleven Place opposite Dumbarton Central Library (near the main roundabout) and a short walk from Dumbarton Central Station. Parking is available nearby.A magnificent aisled 8 bay Gothic style…

Built by the Rev'd James Gammell, a priest ordained in the Church of England, the church was gifted to the Diocese of Brechin. Its location and appearance, externally and internally, are striking. The statue of Palladius on a plinth attached to the…

Constructed in 1885, the church was built as an estate chapel for the owner of Drumtochty Castle, the Rev. J. S. Gammell.
The building was commissioned from the architectural firm Pirie and Clyne, the Neo-Gothic design features an aisle-less nave…

Constructed in 1885, the church was built as an estate chapel for the owner of Drumtochty Castle, the Rev. J. S. Gammell.
The building was commissioned from the architectural firm Pirie and Clyne, the Neo-Gothic design features an aisle-less nave…

Constructed in 1885, the church was built as an estate chapel for the owner of Drumtochty Castle, the Rev. J. S. Gammell. The building was commissioned from the architectural firm Pirie and Clyne, the Neo-Gothic design features an aisle-less nave…

The congregation was established in 1847 to serve English and Irish weavers who worked in the main industry of the town at that time. The current building, a small, simple, gothic style sandstone church was built in 1883 on land gifted by the…

James A Morris, 1912 - 13, in the Arts & Crafts manner, of Mauchline stone. Features oak doors and furniture by Robert Thompson of Kilburn, North Yorkshire, displaying his distinctive carved mouse trademark. Organ by JJ Binns, rebuilt 1987.

Built 1926 on site of former church land given for Lazar house (leper hospice) after Robert the Bruce was miraculously healed of his skin condition in 1321. The organ dates from 1947 and the new hall 1999. Next the ancient site of St Ninian's…

This modern and exciting primary school will be open to visitors and pupils past and present. It will give people the opportunity to see the new state of the art facility.

Nestled amidst industrial units and modern apartment blocks, St Ninian’s Manse is very much a hidden treasure. Whilst the clocktower and belfry are together a key local landmark, the history and significance of the manse is often overlooked.…

The first St Ninian's School had 75 pupils and was opened in January 1874 on Union Street, Kirkintilloch. The school was extended and modernised to accommodate the increasing roll. Children attended from the villages of Croy and Twechar, parts of…

St Ninian?s was opened in 1936 as a Mission church as outreach from St Andrew?s Cathedral in the growing community of Seaton. The building was refurbished in the mid-1980s. There is a welcoming entrance area and flexible worship space used for…

Situated within a short distance from the main Elgin to Banff road, a quarter of a mile north of The Mill of Tynet, lies the oldest Post- Reformation Catholic Church in Scotland still used for regular worship.Nobody glancing at this long low building…

St Nicholas Church dominates the foot of Lanark High Street. It was built in 1774 on the site of the 12th century chapel. Above the main entrance is a statue of William Wallace by Robert Forrest, 1820. The tower and its bell formerly belonged to the…

Impressive red sandstone church designed by P MacGregor Chalmers and built on a cruciform plan. In 2008 original entrance vestibule replaces by modern design to give a more open aspect and allow views into church.Many interesting features including…

This B listed Church was designed by Ross, Doak & Whitelaw and opened in 1957. Described as being in a 'Festival of Britain'/Modernist style, its distinctive form and particularly the copper roof make it a landmark building at a prominent road…

St Nathalan's is a well detailed church with a distinctive end apse, which is situated facing the entrance gate to the spacious church grounds.? It is a typical example of the understated architecture of Macpherson.An Edinburgh architect, Macpherson…

How to get there : Main Street corner of Queen Drive near Vale of Leven Academy.Dedicated and opened for worship on the Second Sunday in Advent in 1894.

St Mungo's Parish Church is a B-listed striking landmark in the centre of Cumbernauld. Prominently sited on the top of a small hill, the bold copper pyramidal roof is an important landmark. Deisgned by Alan Reiach (1910-1992), who was apprenticed to…

Unlisted. Alexander Ross. Simple, small Gothic Revival building dating from 1880.

A church for the people of Dumfries has stood on this site since 1100, and the one you see today dates from 1742. The church is of handsome dark red sandstone, with a steepled tower. Inside is a very fine collection of 19-20C stained glass windows.…

Listed Category B.Former Episcopalian Rectory by Robert Baillie Pratt 1911-12 in late 19C style. Many details such as hood mouldings over windows and the use of flat ogee arches internally reflect details of Holy Trinity Church. High quality interior…

St Michael and All Saints Church is a Grade A listed building designed by the Edinburgh Architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and built in 1867. The Church boasts fine altar pieces by William Burges (1867) and C E Kemp (1889) and excellent stained…

Rev. William Sugden’s last commission: a simple stone building with iron clad flèche, wood-panelled interior, carved stone font, hand-crafted kneelers and embroidered altar frontal.Enjoy a five-mile sound walk along the Cateran trail with stories of…

St Michael and All Angels' Church was built in the early 20th century when the congregation of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit (an earlier mission from St Andrew's Cathedral situated in Factory Street) transported the stones of the chapel across the…

St. Michael and All Angels' Church was designed by Sir Rowan Anderson, a pupil of Sir Gilbert Scott, and dedicated in 1868, its dedication recalling the ruined medieval chapel at Faslane also dedicated to St. Michael.??? It replaced an earlier…

This A-listed church is currently undergoing a major programme of restoration. It is designed in an early-Gothic style and contains many interesting and attractive features including some well-studied stained glass. Visitors are most welcome to come…

The church at Kilmaurs was in the possession of Kelso Abbey as early as 1170. In 1413 the present foundation was endowed by Sir William Cunninghame as a collegiate church. Rebuilt by Robert S Ingram 1888 in a cruciform shape. Stained glass,…

The church at Kilmaurs was in the possession of Kelso Abbey as early as 1170. In 1413 the present foundation was endowed by Sir William Cunninghame as a collegiate church. Rebuilt by Robert S Ingram 1888 in a cruciform shape. Stained glass,…

The church at Kilmaurs was in the possession of Kelso Abbey as early as 1170. In 1413 the present foundation was endowed by Sir William Cunninghame as a collegiate church. Rebuilt by Robert S Ingram 1888 in a cruciform shape. Stained glass,…

This newly refurbished building standing on the bank of the River Tay has an iconic 212ft steeple. Built in 1871, the building retains the architecture, pipe organ and stained glass of its time as well as unique WW1 Black Watch colours.

Simple rectangular gothic church with bellcote and pair of lancet windows on either side of a central buttress on the east gable. Porch on south wall with encaustic tiles floor. Altar, reredos and baldachinno of mahogany, designed by Archibald…

The Monastery is an example of the neo-gothic revival of the nineteenth century – the first Catholic Monastery to be built in Scotland since the Reformation.Enjoy the Monastic atmosphere of our main Church and have a cup of coffee or tea with some…

A Pugin & Son designed church in a classic style constructed between 1852-54. One of the side altars is dedicated to Mary Star of the Sea, the patron saint of Leith since the 12th Century. The Church has over 20 stained glass windows, and a new…

St Mary's was designed by Sir Ninian Comper to replace a classical church of 1797 which had been destroyed by fire. It is built in an Arts and Crafts style and was consecrated in 1904. It is A-listed.

In 1827, St Mary's, Inverness, was established as a Mission with Fr Terence McGuire as priest in charge. St Mary's Church opened on 2nd April 1837.This beautiful building was the work of William Robertson, Architect, of Elgin. It is a very fine…

The church is of a classic 20C ecclesiastical design. This is the third oldest Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Glasgow, founded in 1841. Marble reredos, dado and altar. Our Lady of the Assumption statue by Jack Mortimer. Altar and…

St Mary's RC Church is a twin-aisled gothic church in blond sandstone, designed by the renowned architects Pugin and Pugin. The B listed church demonstrates the use of high quality materials, fine decorative finished and great attention to detail.

St Mary?s RC Church is a Gothic box with a pinnacled, lancet windowed fa?ade, designed possibly by Bishop James Kyle.

St Mary's Pleasance is a period heritage garden located at the rear of Haddington House.

A spectacular building and the longest Parish Church in Scotland, St Mary’s was built c. 1380-1450 in a beautiful setting beside the River Tyne. It was badly damaged by the English army during the Siege of Haddington in 1548, during the ‘Rough…

St Mary's was completed in 1914 to replace the Auld Kirk at the Kirkintilloch Cross. Its impressive Gothic tower contrasts with the tapering spire of nearby St David's. It was designed by Messrs Clark & Bell of Glasgow.There are many beautiful…

Based on a design used originally in Dundee and adapted by Andrew Wilson, it replaced the ruined church dedicated to St Mary (to be found in the middle of the old cemetery in Carmelite Street). It has undergone two radical alterations but the…

The gothic fa�ade of St Mary�s Metropolitan Cathedral is all that remains of the much smaller St Mary�s Chapel designed by Gillespie Graham, 1814. After fire damage a rebuilding programme was undertaken by John Biggar in 1891. Recent additions…

New to Stirling’s Doors Open Days! StMary’s Episcopal Primary School hasbeen on its present site since 1850. Whenit was founded, there was no welfarestate and Churches were left to fill the educational gaps as best theycould and Henry Malcolm of St…

New to Stirling’s Doors Open Days! This prominent gabled gothicchurch was built to serve Dunblane, it is Category B Listed and datesfrom 1843. It was designed by John Henderson, who designed overfifty churches throughout Scotland. Still in use as an…

This Gothic Arts and Crafts simple style church building, designed by James Miller and constructed by Hugh Kennedy, dates from 1892-3 and is Category C Listed. It was constructed by the quarry workers from the Aberfoyle slate quarry in their own time…

St Mary's Episcopal Church is in communion with the Church of England. The congregation was founded in 1847 and the building was completed in 1848. It has links with the Cameronian Regiment and some of their colours are on display in the church. The…

Gothic in style, the church has a curiously insubstantial west-end owing to tall, narrow windows (the side ones are dummies) set in a gable front crowned by a pinnacled bellcote. The east end has three tall spaced lancets and enclosing hood mould.…

Known locally as the Tartan Kirkie because of the polychromatic granite and sandstone masonry and the geometric patterns formed by the roofing slates.

The Cathedral of St Mary's is a familiar landmark on the busy thoroughfare of Great Western Road. The 200-foot tall bell tower and spire of this Gothic Revival building is a stunning example of architect Sir George Gilbert Scott's work. Following a…

This atmospheric churchyard, with old trees and wonderful old monuments, is the heart of mediaeval Banff. All that is left of the ancient church, demolished in 1797, is the 16C Banff Aisle. Entered through a finely moulded doorway, this vaulted…

Designed by Peter Paul Pugin and opened in 1905. Late Gothic red sandstone church with a lofty vaulted interior, stone arches and angel corbels. Stained glass windows of note.

Completed in 1826 in gothic style, the church has a handsome sandstone facade and rubble walls of many coloured stones. It is adorned with pinnacled buttresses, fine traceried windows and a large central door leads into a porch from which one enters…

St. Mary’s Church, sitting alongside the River Tyne near Nungate Bridge in Haddington, is one of the three great pre-Reformation churches surviving in the Lothians, the others are St. Giles’ in Edinburgh and St Michael’s at…

Dating from 12C there has long been a church on this site. The current building is listed category B. The T plan shape with its outstanding bellcast-roofed tower dates from rebuilding in 1764, of which little more than the tower survived a major fire…

The Chapel dates back to circa 1450 and features a stone vaulted ceiling, carved wood of 16th and 17th century, grave slabs, stained glass and other features. Wardens will be available to answer questions

The Song School, adjacent to St Mary?s Cathedral, is where the Cathedral choristers practice. The Song School walls are covered with murals by Phoebe Traquair (1852-1936), painted between 1888 and 1892. The murals include religious images, portraits…

St Mary?s Cathedral is a ?B? listed historic building set in the centre of Aberdeen. It was built in 1860 and houses many interesting features including several stained-glass windows, two large mural paintings on either side of the main sanctuary and…

Designed by architect TM Cappon, this Grade B Listed Building dates from 1886. The stained glass in the church dates from 1885 to 1950 and includes two windows from the Kempe Studio in London. The organ was installed in 1904, and is by John Miller of…

An interesting modern Episcopal Church built in 1983 to replace the original St Mary’s which was demolished to make way for a new road. Light modern worship space retaining some of the original features from the previous building.

Listed Category B, 1825, designed by William Robertson, Elgin. Simple rectangle with buttressed and crenellated street gable with flanking archways as additional decorative feature to frontage. Vaulted interior with green and white marble altar.…

Celebrating its 175th year and benefiting from a period of sustained restoration. Built in the classic style it is the only church in the Archdiocese with a crypt and Celtic Football Club was started here in 1888 by Brother Walfrid.�����

This church and priest's house is one of a number of buildings by the experimental Glasgow architect Jack Coia and his practice, and a unique example of a Category A listing of a 'modernist' building. The design of the abstract flat roof brick…

This unusual church was designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia in 1960-1 and includes a presbytery to the rear. From outside the distinguishing features are the use of banded yellow firebrick, irregular rectilinear windows, deep wooden boarding and…

Work began in 1843 with the church opening at 15 Buccleuch Street the following year. Alterations were carried out in 1879 when a side aisle (now a side chapel) was added on the south side of the chancel.

St Martin�s Community Resource Centre is a recently sympathetically redeveloped community hub for the Gorgie Dalry area of Edinburgh. Built in the 1880s, this category B listed building has been, since the early 1980s, St Martin�s Episcopal Church.…

A one-off opportunity to see the former St Martin's Church before conversion into the Cathkin Braes Activity Centre. Find out about the significance of this modernist Gillespie Kidd & Coia designed building in its picturesque landscape during…

Whithorn, famous as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, For a twentieth century view, visit the church of St Ninian, St Martin and St John, by Goodhart-Rendel, Broadbent and Curtis.

Perpendicular Gothic, rectangular plan six-bay church with centrally placed tower on north gable end, by John Ingram, 1836. Fine carillon of bells. Three-manual pipe organ 1872, painted organ screen. Extensive restoration programme completed 1997.…

The Church was designed by the distinguished Scottish architect David Bryce and built as a Unitarian Church in 1835. Unitarians do not generally embrace the concept of sainthood, and it is one of only two Unitarian Churches identified with a saint�s…

St Mark?s church is a B-listed neo-classical villa-style building which was consecrated in 1828. The interior has some fine Greek Revival detailing and good quality stained-glass. The graveyard contains many monuments to military and naval officers…

Scotland's first Coptic Church serves a congregation of people from 15 nationalities including Scottish, Irish, Egyptian, Swedish, Sudanese, Lebanese, Spanish and Korean. The congregation comes to Kirkcaldy every Sunday morning from all over Scotland…

Basically a parish kirk, given civic prominence by the addition of the giant Corinthian portico, and dome. Interesting stained glass and woodwork inside. Together with the Central Library and His Majesty's Theatre it forms part of the trio of…

St Margaret’s Parish Church can be traced back to a Norman church on the site in 1165, which was destroyed in the Reformation. Rebuilding began in 1836 in the Scots Gothic style by William Burn, completed in 1837. Adjoining the Church is the…

Set inside an adapted series of granite buildings this school dates from 1846. Take this rare opportunity to tour the buildings and learn about the oldest continuously operating girl's school in Scotland.

The ornate Spanish baroque tower, in three stages, on portico-like ashlar front, rising through square tower to concave-sided belfry topped by console crown, throws out an exotic invitation which is not denied by the saucer-domed interior of the…

St. Margaret's was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and opened in 1896. It contains many interesting features including a reredos by Sir Hew Lorimer and stained glass by Willy Wilson and John Blyth as well as artwork by Jurek Putter which tells…

A feature of his windows and statues is that he often used family likenesses in the faces portrayed. Take your time to look around soaking up the atmosphere left by years of prayer in this place

St Margaret's Episcopal Church, a grade A listed building, is considered to be one of Scotland's finest churches. It stands on a prominent raised site in the village of Braemar. It was built by Sir John Ninian Comper from 1899 to 1907 in the Gothic…

A picturesque red-brick church with a vaulted interior, designed in late Victorian Gothic style by eminent Dundee Architect Thomas Cappon in 1896, and featuring a variety of texture and colour, use of timber, and intricate window tracery. The church…

How to get there : Sinclair Street reached from Fleming Avenue off North Elgin Street off Glasgow Road. Easy disabled access.B listed, set in landscaped garden. The church is famous for its revolutionary roof design and sunken sanctuary. It features…

A delicately detailed early 20C Tudor church by John Wittet of Elgin

St Margaret�s Chapel forms part of the Gillis Centre and is a beautiful example of the work of Scottish Architect James Gillespie Graham, one of the leading architects of the 19th century. Gillespie Graham�s associate, Augustus Welby Pugin, had a…

St Margaret’s Catholic Church was built in the 1930s and replaced a Victorian corrugated iron building. A particular feature of the church is its Barnett & Sons stained glass windows. St Margaret’s has served the local Catholic community and the…

Built in 1880 for the Church of Scotland and designed by John Lassels, the Church is described as flat Scots gothic with a wagon roof and hammer beam trusses. The building has been a Catholic church since 1990 and is the only church in Edinburgh to…