Scotland's Churches Trust
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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/
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In Callander, St Andrew's Episcopal, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, has a wealth of original features for #WoodensDay and #WindowsOnWednesday. The exposed timber ceiling, pews and organ casing (1898 by Abbot & Smith) are some of these.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In Callander, St Andrew's Episcopal, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, has a wealth of original features for #WoodensDay and #WindowsOnWednesday. The exposed timber ceiling, pews and organ casing (1898 by Abbot & Smith) are some of these.
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📷 Church's own.
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Pleased for this church. But do we really want to be in a position where we rely on diaspora to decide which elements of our heritage matter? The heritage sector plays an important role in our society, the more we rely philanthropy to fund it, the less it represents us
"Clan descendants in US and Canada save historic church in two days"
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Pleased for this church. But do we really want to be in a position where we rely on diaspora to decide which elements of our heritage matter? The heritage sector plays an important role in our society, the more we rely philanthropy to fund it, the less it represents us
"Clan descendants in US and Canada save historic church in two days"
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Clan descendants in US and Canada save historic church in two days"
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some very welcome news from the world of Scotland's religious built heritage to start the day as the members of the global Scottish diaspora step up to save Applegarth Church in Dumfries & Galloway 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm very proud that many years ago I was session clerk of the Budapest Scots Mission, where Jane Haining stayed defending the girls in her care until arrested by the Gestapo. She showed extraordinary bravery, returning to Hungary from furlough after the outbreak of war.
A brass "Stolperstein" or "stumbling stone" memorial commemorating the life and sacrifice of Nazi Holocaust victim Jane Haining was installed yesterday outside St Stephen's Church in Edinburgh.
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm very proud that many years ago I was session clerk of the Budapest Scots Mission, where Jane Haining stayed defending the girls in her care until arrested by the Gestapo. She showed extraordinary bravery, returning to Hungary from furlough after the outbreak of war.
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St Mary Immaculate Church in the Pollokshaws area of Glasgow. Built on a hill overlooking the surrounding houses, it's a beautiful little Gothic style Victorian church. Designed by W. Nicholson, it was constructed in 1865.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #pollokshaws
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #pollokshaws
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
St Mary Immaculate Church in the Pollokshaws area of Glasgow. Built on a hill overlooking the surrounding houses, it's a beautiful little Gothic style Victorian church. Designed by W. Nicholson, it was constructed in 1865.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #pollokshaws
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #pollokshaws
A brass "Stolperstein" or "stumbling stone" memorial commemorating the life and sacrifice of Nazi Holocaust victim Jane Haining was installed yesterday outside St Stephen's Church in Edinburgh.
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A brass "Stolperstein" or "stumbling stone" memorial commemorating the life and sacrifice of Nazi Holocaust victim Jane Haining was installed yesterday outside St Stephen's Church in Edinburgh.
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Stockbridge & New Town Orchestra 30th anniversary concert, Sunday 30 Nov 2025, 3:15pm. 🎻🎶
Includes: Mahler, Grieg - Peer Gynt, Sousa - Liberty Bell, Skating with Mr Gow. Family friendly.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Place, #Edinburgh. £7.50 at the door.
#concert #music
www.snco.org.uk
Includes: Mahler, Grieg - Peer Gynt, Sousa - Liberty Bell, Skating with Mr Gow. Family friendly.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Place, #Edinburgh. £7.50 at the door.
#concert #music
www.snco.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Stockbridge & New Town Orchestra 30th anniversary concert, Sunday 30 Nov 2025, 3:15pm. 🎻🎶
Includes: Mahler, Grieg - Peer Gynt, Sousa - Liberty Bell, Skating with Mr Gow. Family friendly.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Place, #Edinburgh. £7.50 at the door.
#concert #music
www.snco.org.uk
Includes: Mahler, Grieg - Peer Gynt, Sousa - Liberty Bell, Skating with Mr Gow. Family friendly.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Place, #Edinburgh. £7.50 at the door.
#concert #music
www.snco.org.uk
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In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.
"Witch-hunts, battles, murder and Templar whispers - this little church has stood witness to it all"
Do watch the gorgeous little film about the historic kirk at Spott (part of Belhaven & Spott Parish Church) that has been shared this week by Seeker Films.
(Images: courtesy of Seeker Films) (1/2)
Do watch the gorgeous little film about the historic kirk at Spott (part of Belhaven & Spott Parish Church) that has been shared this week by Seeker Films.
(Images: courtesy of Seeker Films) (1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"Witch-hunts, battles, murder and Templar whispers - this little church has stood witness to it all"
Do watch the gorgeous little film about the historic kirk at Spott (part of Belhaven & Spott Parish Church) that has been shared this week by Seeker Films.
(Images: courtesy of Seeker Films) (1/2)
Do watch the gorgeous little film about the historic kirk at Spott (part of Belhaven & Spott Parish Church) that has been shared this week by Seeker Films.
(Images: courtesy of Seeker Films) (1/2)
The A-listed, 18th century Reay Parish Church has gone on the market this month.
Journalist Rachel Fergusson discusses its sale in The Scotsman and discusses question of giving communities more time to establish themselves as potential new owners, write new business cases and raise necessary funds.
Journalist Rachel Fergusson discusses its sale in The Scotsman and discusses question of giving communities more time to establish themselves as potential new owners, write new business cases and raise necessary funds.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The A-listed, 18th century Reay Parish Church has gone on the market this month.
Journalist Rachel Fergusson discusses its sale in The Scotsman and discusses question of giving communities more time to establish themselves as potential new owners, write new business cases and raise necessary funds.
Journalist Rachel Fergusson discusses its sale in The Scotsman and discusses question of giving communities more time to establish themselves as potential new owners, write new business cases and raise necessary funds.
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The open crown spire of the former Strathbungo Parish Church rising above the tenements of Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow. Built in 1886, it was designed by J. MacKissack.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #strathbungo #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #strathbungo #architecturephotography
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The open crown spire of the former Strathbungo Parish Church rising above the tenements of Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow. Built in 1886, it was designed by J. MacKissack.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #strathbungo #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #strathbungo #architecturephotography
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Looks as if our brief interlude of light is over, so here's another glimpse of Glasgow through yesterday's morning mist.
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Looks as if our brief interlude of light is over, so here's another glimpse of Glasgow through yesterday's morning mist.
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The former Barony Church on High Street in Glasgow. Designed in a Gothic style by Burnet, Son and Campbell, it was completes in 1890. It's now part of Strathclyde University.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurch #strathclydeuniversity #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurch #strathclydeuniversity #architecturephotography
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The former Barony Church on High Street in Glasgow. Designed in a Gothic style by Burnet, Son and Campbell, it was completes in 1890. It's now part of Strathclyde University.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurch #strathclydeuniversity #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurch #strathclydeuniversity #architecturephotography
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The former Pollokshields West Church on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Shields Road on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in the 1870s, it has a distinctly Thomsonesque look, but was designed by W.G. Rowan.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #glasgowchurches #pollokshields
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #glasgowchurches #pollokshields
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The former Pollokshields West Church on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Shields Road on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in the 1870s, it has a distinctly Thomsonesque look, but was designed by W.G. Rowan.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #glasgowchurches #pollokshields
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #glasgowchurches #pollokshields
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Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh. Outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, where a service was held for Jane Haining before she travelled to Budapest to work as a matron. Later murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1944. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh. Outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, where a service was held for Jane Haining before she travelled to Budapest to work as a matron. Later murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1944. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🎤 Forth & Borders welcomes Luis Albornoz-Parra for their next Winter Lecture Series talk, exploring Edinburgh’s iconic building stones- with real samples to examine.
🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎤 Forth & Borders welcomes Luis Albornoz-Parra for their next Winter Lecture Series talk, exploring Edinburgh’s iconic building stones- with real samples to examine.
🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
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South Leith Churchyard at Kirkgate Church, Leith, Edinburgh.
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
South Leith Churchyard at Kirkgate Church, Leith, Edinburgh.
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November afternoon light on Barclay Church and Edinburgh Castle
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
November afternoon light on Barclay Church and Edinburgh Castle
There is some confusion about who built #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Andrew's Callander. Most agree that it was built in 1857 by the stonemason at Stronvar, who had worked under architect David Bryce on the parish church of Balquhidder in 1853. However, it could also be J.J.W. & W.H. Hay.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
There is some confusion about who built #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Andrew's Callander. Most agree that it was built in 1857 by the stonemason at Stronvar, who had worked under architect David Bryce on the parish church of Balquhidder in 1853. However, it could also be J.J.W. & W.H. Hay.
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Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenock, Scotland. Built in 1862, my ancestors were in this building in 1870 when they moved here from Northern Ireland. The door was open so I went inside… #greenock #scotland #findingyourroots #walkinginyourfootsteps
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenock, Scotland. Built in 1862, my ancestors were in this building in 1870 when they moved here from Northern Ireland. The door was open so I went inside… #greenock #scotland #findingyourroots #walkinginyourfootsteps
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Interior, Saint Mary’s, Greenock. A vestibule was added to keep the cold out of the church. I love the Celtic motif on the glass… #celticknot #stainedglass #greenock #scotland
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Interior, Saint Mary’s, Greenock. A vestibule was added to keep the cold out of the church. I love the Celtic motif on the glass… #celticknot #stainedglass #greenock #scotland
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An 8th century stone fragment which formed part of a saint’s shrine. The fragment was found at Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #JedburghAbbey
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
An 8th century stone fragment which formed part of a saint’s shrine. The fragment was found at Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #JedburghAbbey
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Ticking all my boxes with this post, excellent!
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ticking all my boxes with this post, excellent!
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It's right (but perhaps a bit late) to be having a national discussion about the fate of historic church buildings in Scotland. Often of the decisions to sell such buildings are financial. But an overlooked factor is the unsung volunteers who look after these buildings, and who are hard to replace
Scottish church closures making front page news again this week, this time it's the Blairgowrie Advertiser reporting on a recent exchange in Holyrood between Murdo Fraser MSP and Angus Robertson MSP, the Cab Sec for Culture, that began with Qs from Claire Baker MSP about Burntisland Church. (1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's right (but perhaps a bit late) to be having a national discussion about the fate of historic church buildings in Scotland. Often of the decisions to sell such buildings are financial. But an overlooked factor is the unsung volunteers who look after these buildings, and who are hard to replace