Routine Inspections Every 3 MONTHS, at least, the fabric convener or his delegate should make a careful tour of the building, looking for the signs of possible trouble you will have noted. Use binoculars for checking roofs and...
Read MoreConcrete In one or another of its compositions, concrete has been known and used since Roman times. Its use in Scottish church building, however, has been almost entirely confined to the period since the Second World War,...
Read MoreArchitectural Styles So far, in this approach to church buildings, I have been concerned primarily with the basic formswhich underlie the generality of ‘traditionally-built’ churches. The first part of this section...
Read MoreScotland and its Churches The Very Revd Dr James A Whyte Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology and Christian Ethics in the University of St Andrews When the Romans left Britain in 410, some of the inhabitants of what is now...
Read MoreThe Meaning of Matter Gilleasbuig Macmillan Minister of St Giles Cathederal, Edinburgh I have heard people say ‘The Church is not the building. The Church is the people.’ They often have axes (immaterial axes, of...
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