Church Overview

Originally built as one of Thomas Telford’s 32 Parliamentary Churches, Tomintoul Church opened for worship in 1827. Only around a dozen of these remarkable little kirk are still being used today as regular places of worship.

The architect John Robertson, of Inverness, substantially remodelled the church in 1898-1900, giving the previously simple building an entirely new elevation, with freestone buttresses and pinnacles, and a new full-height porch.

In addition to the exterior facelift, the interior got a complete Gothic makeover too, with attenuated timber columns supporting perimeter vaulting to a flat plaster ceiling with open tracery timber trusses. An attractive wooden reredos was placed behind the communion table in 1911 and a small pipe organ by E F Walcker & Co was installed in 1903, and completely renovated by Walcker & Co in 2009.

Services

Sundays 11.15 am.

Opening Arrangements

Open most days during daylight hours or by arrangement

Disclaimer

The information about churches in Scotland’s Churches Scheme has been provided by the congregations or taken from the Historic Scotland list and published sources, in particular, the Buildings of Scotland volumes and the RIAS Illustrated Architectural Guides. To contact this specific church please complete the Contact this Church form above. The information is not authoritative; please contact Scotland’s Churches Trust to let us know of any errors or omissions.