Church Overview

One of Sir Robert Rowand Anderson’s most distinctive churches, this fine, little altered Victorian church  opened in 1878. It is designed in Anderson’s signature Early Gothic style of nave with aisles and chancel in stone with a slate roof.

Polychrome brick and tiled walls and tiled floor give colour to the interior complemented by stunning furnishings and works of art. These include the altar and reredos by C E Kempe (1878), chancel screen by Robert Lorimer (1922), impressive brass eagle lectern and an eye-catching, late gothic, gilt altar-piece with sculpture of the nativity.

Stained glass windows, depicting Christ, angels and a selection of male and female saints, by a bynver if artists – James Ballantine & Son, Clayton & Bell, CE Kempe, Burlison & Grylls, J C Bewsey, Isabel Goudie and Margaret Chilton. Conacher organ, 1878, rebuilt by Binns in 1935, and again by David Loosely in 1981.

Undergoing further repairs to stonework and roof in 2024.

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