Church Overview

A magnificent nave-and-aisles kirk designed by architect Robert Alexander Bryden, built 1876-77 to supersede the original Free Church on the same site. Its large size reflects the popularity of Dunoon as a holiday destination for families from Glasgow who came ‘doon the water‘ for their summer holidays and annual holiday long weekends. The church is impressive, especially as it stands on a steeply sloping site which increases its apparent size and the height of the tower and spire. The architecture is in the Normandy Gothic style with crisply carved details.

Its handsome interior is laid out like a concert hall, with a horse-shoe shaped gallery for the congregation and a raised and raked gallery for the choir behind the central pulpit. It possesses some interesting stained glass, including windows by Stephen Adam and Gordon Webster. The organ was installed by Brook & Co as a two-manual pipe organ in 1895, and subsequently enlarged to three manuals in 1921.

Today the church is linked with congregations of four other churches to form a single congregation known as Cowal Kirk.

Services

See church website for details.

Opening Arrangements

By arrangement

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