Church Overview

Located just behind the late 12th century ruin of St Andrew’s Kirk, St Adrian’s nestles in the centre of a  mature garden on Gullane’s Sandy Loan, a short walk from the village’s picturesque and popular beach. 

Having worshipped in a room in the Gullane post office for a number of years, the local Episcopal congregation built a “Tin Tabernacle” church, to cater for the growing number of holidaymakers arriving each season, which opened in June 1903 as the Episcopal Church of St Adrian. Soon outgrowing this small prefabricated building, the congregation raised £3500 and engaged architect Reginald Fairlie to build the  neat little church that stands today.

The foundation stone was laid in 1925 at a ceremony conducted by the Bishop of Edinburgh, Somerset Walpole, and attended by many local clergy from around Edinburgh and the Lothians. It was constructed in a traditional, aisleless, neo-Norman style with stone hewn from Rattlebags Quarry near Dirleton. A low tower rises from the north side of the five-bay nave, with a slated pyramidal spire.

It possesses a Norman style pulpit, potentially from an earlier Episcopal church, and three fine stained glass windows by noted artist Douglas Strachan at the east end of its two-bay chancel depicting “Love”, “Courage” and “Humility”.

Services

Sundays: Sung Eucharist 9.30; Said Eucharist 1st and 3rd Sundays 8.00am

Opening Arrangements

Open 10.00am-5.00pm, April to September

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