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Examples of Grants Awarded

Below is a list of grants for repair or conservation reports awarded over the last few years:

Grants Awarded 2010

  • New Wellwynd Parish Church, Airdrie. Classical church, 1834, with Ionic pilasters and pediment topped with octagonal bell-tower. General repairs. £2,000
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal, Ayr. Outstanding Gothic Church by J L Pearson, 1888, with gables and aisles, and a square tower. Stone repairs. £2,000
  • Culross Abbey, Torryburn and High Valleyfield Parish Churches. Three linked churches: the medieval Abbey Church with 19th century alterations, the early 20th century hall church of Torryburn and the church at High Valleyfield created from two 1920s semi-detached miners' cottages. Conservation report. £1,500
  • Meadowside St Paul's Parish Church, Dundee. Gothic Church with a fine spire, 1852 by Charles Wilson, stained glass by Jones & Willis and Alexander Russell. General repairs. £2,000
  • Gillespie Memorial Parish Church, Dunfermline. Tudor Gothic church with a broad gable front with octagonal buttresses rising into pinnacles, 1848-9 by Andrew Balfour. £2,000
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal, Dunoon. Nave and chancel Gothic church by John Henderson, 1847-8; narthex and tower added 1896. General repairs. £3,000
    Greyfriars, Kirkcudbright. Eighteenth century T-plan church, remodeled by Peter MacGregor Chalmers, 1922. Masonry and window repairs. £1,000
  • St John's Episcopal, Forres. Italianate church with campanile of 1841 by Patrick Wilson; murals by William Hole, 1906-11. Mural restoration. £1,000
  • Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Church, Girvan. A plain Gothic structure of 1860 with a huge prow-like porch added in 1959 by Stevenson & Ferguson. Plaster repairs. £1,500
  • St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Anderston, Glasgow. Decorated Gothic style church by Pugin & Pugin, opened for worship in 1898. Roof and masonry repairs. £3,000
  • St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Govan. Italian Romanesque style church by John Honeyman, 1877-9 with campanile. Roof and masonry repairs. £3,000
  • Kirkmichael, Netherton and Glenshee Parish Churches. Group of simple country churches. Grant towards conservation report £1,500. £1,500
  • Largoward Parish Church. Window repairs. Simple rectangle of 1835 with sash-and-case windows and a largely unaltered interior with box, gallery and pulpit. £500
  • St Angus's Episcopal, Lochearnhead. Plain gothic style church with nave, chancel, porch, vestry and gabletted belfry, 1888. Repairs to masonry. £3,000
    St Salvador's, Dundee. Church in early Arts & Crafts Gothic with glorious painted interior, G F Bodley, 1868. Repairs to masonry. £5,000
  • St Peter's Episcopal, Peebles. St Peter's, Peebles. Early church (1837) by William Burn with Gothic façade, porch and chancel added in 1882 by Hay & Henderson. General repairs. £2,000
  • Renfrew Old Parish Church. Early Gothic style church by John Thomas Rochead, 1861-2, with chancel by P MacGregor Chalmers, 1908. Repairs to masonry. £4,000.
  • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Wigtown. Simple brick-built Gothic church of nave and apse by J Garden Brown, 1879. Roof and masonry repairs. £2,000

Grants Awarded 2009

  • St Ninian’s Episcopal, Alyth. Neo-Norman church with small bell-tower, 1857, by David Bryce. Masonry repairs. £3,000.
  • St Ternan’s, Arbuthnott. 12th century church with later medieval additions, substantially restored 1889 by A Marshall Mackenzie. Emergency window repairs. £2,000.
  • St Ninian’s, Bigton, Shetland. Simple stone-built rectangular plan with pitched slate roof and porch. Masonry repairs following recommendations of conservation report. £2,000.
  • Abronhill Church, Cumbernauld. Modern brick-built church with separate campanile, 1967. Roof repairs. £1,000.
  • Gillespie Memorial Church, Dunfermline. Simple Gothic church of 1849 attributed to Andrew Balfour but possibly by James Brown. Window repairs. £3,000.
  • Dunlop Parish Church. Original two-storey church of 1641 enlarged to T-plan with three-stage tower, 1884. Repairs to masonry. £3,000.
  • Corstorphine Old, Edinburgh. Original 15th century church with restoration and additions by William Burn, 1828, by George Henderson, 1905. Roof repairs. £8,000.
  • King’s Hall, Newington, Edinburgh. Originally built as Newington Free church, 1843, by David Cousin, new Scots Gothic front by Henry Maclennan, 1907. Roof repairs. £3,000.
  • London Road Church, Edinburgh. French Gothic revival church with tall spire by John Starforth, 1875, on a corner site. Emergency roof repairs. £4,000.
  • Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church, Edinburgh. French Gothic church with tall spire by Hippolyte Blanc, 1894, with magnificent stained glass by Ballantine & Gardiner, Charles L Davidson, Morris & Co, Guthrie & Wells and William Meikle. Window repairs. £3,000.
  • Old St Paul’s Episcopal, Edinburgh. Hidden gem of the Old Town with complete original furnishings, by Hay & Henderson,1880 with additions by H O Tarbolton, 1922. Roof and masonry repairs. £5,000.
  • Wellsprings Community, Newcraighall, Edinburgh. Church for the mining community in yellow and red brick, 1876, by Henry Hardy. Roof and masonry repairs. £2,000.
  • St Mary’s RC, Calton, Glasgow. Striking neo-classical church with pedimented façade with sculpted winged angels in the tympanum, 1842, by Goldie & Child. Repairs to roof and high-level stonework. £6,000.
  • St Agnes RC, Lambhill, Glasgow. Red sandstone Gothic style church, 1894, by Pugin & Pugin. Repairs to roof and high-level stonework. £4,000.
  • St Batholomew’s Episcopal, Gourock. Pretty, little, 3-bay Gothic church, J C Sharp, 1867, with chancel added, 1895, H D Walton. General repairs. £3,000.
  • St Michael & All Angels Episcopal, Helensburgh. Significant urban church in red sandstone by Robert Rowand Anderson, 1869, with remarkably complete interior. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000.
  • Kildrummy Church. Former Church of Scotland. Square-plan classical church of 1805 with semi-circular bow containing the stair to the horse-shoe gallery. Repairs to original roof structure and plaster. £3,000.
  • St Fillan’s Episcopal, Killin. Early (1876) example of a corrugated-iron church (‘tin tabernacle‘), probably by Speirs & Company. General repairs. £4,000.
  • Twechar Parish Church, Kilsyth. Red sandstone Gothic revival church of 1902 with a square tower and original furnishings. Repairs to windows and rain-water goods. £2,000.
  • St Peter’s Episcopal, Peebles. Early church (1837) by William Burn with Gothic façade, porch and chancel added in 1882 by Hay & Henderson. Emergency repairs to finials. £4,500.
  • Stranraer Town Kirk. Late Gothic church with distinctive spire by John Bennie Wilson, 1882. Roof and masonry repairs. £10,000.
  • St Meddan’s Parish Church, Troon. Tall Gothic revival church with tower and spire, 1889 by John Bennie Wilson. The red sandstone has suffered erosion due to its exposed maritime position. Masonry and window repairs. £8,000.
  • Sacred Heart RC, Wigtown. Simple brick-built Gothic church of nave and apse by J Garden Brown, 1879. Roof and masonry repairs. Grant towards conservation report. £1,000.

Grants Awarded 2008

  • St Mary’s Episcopal, Aberfoyle. Delightful Arts & Crafts church by James Miller, 1893. General repairs. £10,000.
  • Clachan Church, Applecross. Former Church of Scotland. Simple stone-built church with large windows of 1817. General repairs. £4,000.
  • Annan Old Parish Church. Hall church of 1789 with galleries on three sides; extension to rear and belltower added 1801. Roof repairs. £3,000.
  • Barony St John’s, Ardrossan. Rectangular church, 1844 by Black & Salmon, with Gothic pinnacles and small clock tower. Window repairs. £2,000.
  • St Andrew’s, Ayr. Perpendicular Gothic Revival church by John B Wilson, 1893, distinguished by its tall spire and collection of stained glass. Repairs to church, tower and steeple. £4,000.
  • Belhelvie Parish Church. 1878 by William Smith. Tall stone-built Gothic style hall church with steep slate roof and gabled bellcote. Window repairs. £5,000.
  • Benholm Kirk. Former Church of Scotland. Early 19th century church incorporating medieval aumbry and notable monuments of early and late 17th century. Window repairs. £3,000.
  • St Ninian’s, Bigton, Shetland. Simple stone-built rectangular plan with pitched slate roof and porch. Solution to persistent damp problems sought. Grant towards specialist report by Scottish Lime Centre Trust. £1,000.
  • St Mary’s Episcopal, Birnam. Gothic Revival church of nave and chancel, William Slater, 1856, tower added 1870; windows by Kempe, Morris and Burne-Jones. Repointing of masonry and repairs to lime plaster. £3,000.
  • Crosshouse Parish Church. Gothic Revival church with pinnacled tower, 1882 by Bruce & Sturrock. Masonry repairs to tower. £4,000.
  • St Duthac’s RC, Dornie. Simple Gothic style church in local rubble stone with limestone margins by Joseph A Hansom, 1860. Masonry repairs. £4,200.
  • Dysart Kirk. Romanesque church of cruciform plan with tower and spire at the crossing. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000.
  • Yester Parish Church, Gifford. Significant parish church of the reformed tradition, James Smith, 1710, T-plan in white harl with a square tower topped with a short spire. General repairs including replacing cement render with lime harl. £8,000.
  • St John’s Renfield, Glasgow. Bold and striking church of the late Gothic Revival with modern influences, 1931 by James Taylor Thomson. Repairs to flèche, roof and masonry. £5,000.
  • Greenock West United Reformed Church. Perpendicular Gothic design by James Baird, 1839, with pinnacled façade and horseshoe gallery. Repairs to roof and masonry. £4,000.
  • Hawick Baptist Church. Masonry repairs required. Grant towards conservation report. £1,000.
  • Kirkcaldy Old Parish Church. Massive medieval stone tower; the body of the church of 1808 by James Elliot. Masonry repairs to tower. £5,000.
  • St Magnus Episcopal, Lerwick. Early-English style by Alexander Ellis, 1864 with square saddle-roofed tower added 1891. General repairs. £8,000.
  • Polmont Old Parish Church. Romanesque style church, 1844 by J Tait, with two towers flanking the entrance; windows by Ballantine. Window repairs. £1,000.
  • St Mary of Wedale, Stow. Stone-built Gothic Revival church, 1878 by Edward Maidman, with tall tower and spire. Dry rot eradication and repairs to gutters and rain-water goods. £4,000.
  • St Ninian’s & Forglen, Turriff. Originally built in a T-plan 1794, bellcote added 1875, altered to rectangular church in 1914 by A Marshall Mackenzie. Repairs to bellcote. £1,500.
  • All Saints’ Episcopal, Whiterashes. Simple Gothic style church, 1858 by James Matthews, with windows and reredos by Sir Ninian Comper. Window repairs. £3,000.
  • St Ninian’s Priory Church, Whithorn. White harled rectangular hall-church of 1822 with later 19th-century tower. Roof repairs. £4,000.

Grants Awarded 2007

  • Athelstaneford Parish Church. Cruciform church of 1870 incorporating the 1583 gable and bellcote of the earlier church. Repairs to bellcote. £4,000
  • Clachan Church, Applecross. Multi-denominational. Rectangular stone church of 1817 on a site of immense historic and archaeological significance. Summary conservation report commissioned from Andrew Wright £1,456
  • Banff Methodist Church. Traditional preaching box of dark whinstone with pale sandstone dressings. Window repairs. £3,000
  • Boghall Parish Church. Modern movement church with hyperbolic parabolic roof and brick and timber interior, 1965, by Wheeler & Sproson. Roof repairs. £8,000
  • Bower Church, Caithness. Traditional preaching-box church by William Davidson, 1847, altered, 1902. Window repairs. £2,000
  • St Nicholas Buccleuch, Dalkeith. Choir of collegiate church, 1406, with nave and transepts by David Bryce, 1851. Masonry repairs. £7,000
  • Link Christian Fellowship, Dunfermline. Assemblies of God. Built as a Masonic Lodge in 1913, by Crawford & Fraser. Powerful classical design with Doric pilastered street elevation and remarkably intact interior with Ionic columns. General repairs. Summary conservation report commissioned from Stephen Newsom £1,760 and grant £8,000
  • St John's Church, Dunoon. Large neo-Gothic church by John Bryden, 1877, with tall spire and many gables. Repairs to spire. £5,000
  • St Patrick's RC Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Built as the English Chapel by John Baxter, 1771, re-ordered 1856 when adopted by the Catholic Church. Roof and masonry repairs. £10,000
  • St Margaret's Parish Church, Restalrig, Edinburgh. Fifteenth century collegiate church rebuilt in Gothic revival style, by William Burn, 1836. General repairs. £8,000
  • Wellsprings Community, Newcraighall, Edinburgh. Non-denominational. Miners’ church of polychrome brick, 1877, originally Church of Scotland, closed 1968 and being brought back into ecclesiastical use. General repairs. £6,000
  • St Paul's RC, Whiteinch, Glasgow. Large church of red stone with copper roof, 1950s by Charles Gray of Sir Reginald Fairley & Partners. Complete set of windows by Gabriel Loire. General repairs. £6,000
  • St Teresa of Lisieux RC, Possil, Glasgow. T-plan, red-brick church with sandstone dressings, 1956, Alexander McAnally. Repairs to tower and windows. £6,000
  • Kilmelford Church, by Oban. T-plan church of 1790 with tall roof and lancet windows and 8-spoke wheel window over entrance. General repairs. £6,000
  • Kirkandrews Kirk. Ecumenical. Miniature fort of 1906 designed by Walter Higgenbottom to enhance the landscape of local landowner James Brown. Masonry repairs. £5,000
  • St Nicholas, Lanark. Classical church of 1774 by John Reid in centre of Lanark on site of earlier church. Repairs to masonry and re-rendering. £4,000
  • Coltness Memorial Church, Newmains. Cathedral-like church, 1878, William Wallace Architect, in Norman-Gothic style. General repairs. £4,000
  • Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin. Choir of fifteenth century collegiate church renowned for spectacular stone carving. General repairs. £5,000
  • Scalloway Church, Shetland. Square stone box with slate roof, 1841. Roof repairs. £4,000
  • Scarista Church. Harled rectangular church with attached porch and vestry, given character by pointed arch windows. Window repairs. £3,000
  • Tillicoultry Parish Church. Neo-Perpendicular church, 1829, William Stirling, with octagonal bell-tower overhanging the entrance facade. Roof and window repairs. £9,000
  • Weisdale Kirk. Single-storey harled kirk with bell-cote, 1863. Repairs to floor following outbreak of dry rot. £4,000

Grants Awarded 2006

  • Acharacle Church. Typical Telford Parliamentary church of 1829. Roof repairs (using second-hand Scottish slate). £6,000
  • St Vigean's Church, by Arbroath. Medieval red sandstone church, restored and altered by Robert Rowand Anderson, 1872. General repairs. £3,000
  • Lamlash Church, Arran. Red sandstone T-plan Gothic church with campanile-style tower, 1886, H & C Barclay. Stone repairs. £4,000
  • Arisaig Church. Small church forming a terrace with the manse, originally built for the Roman Catholic Church in 1810, James Gillespie Graham. Roof repairs. £5,000
  • St Andrew's, Carluke. Square church with three-gabled porch and square tower, 1799 by Henry Bell. General repairs. £3,000
  • St Mary's, Coatbridge. Gothic Revival church of nave, small side aisles and chancel, 1896, Pugin & Pugin. General repairs. £6,000
  • St Patrick's, Coatbridge. Gothic revival church with nave, aisles and canted apse on a sloping site creating a deep under-building, Pugin & Pugin, 1896. General repairs. £5,000
  • East Cromarty Church (former Church of Scotland, now in ownership of Scottish Redundant Churches Trust). T-plan former parish church, main 18th century with earlier origins, harled and slated with exceptionally well-preserved interior. Roof and masonry repairs. £8,000
  • Cupar Old Church. Georgian Box of 1785 with medieval tower attached. General repairs. £5,000
  • Glenorchy Church, Dalmally. White-harled octagonal church with square tower, 1811, James Elliot. Repairs to tower and windows. £5,000
  • St John's, Dunoon. Norman Gothic church of nave, chancel and aisles by R A Bryden, 1876. General repairs. £5,000
  • Eskadale Church, by Beauly. Spacious white-harled church of 1825 with additions by Peter Paul Pugin, 1881. Roof repairs. Summary conservation report commissioned from Andrew P K Wright, £1,100 and grant £9,000
  • Eyemouth E U Congregational Church. Cruciform church, 1905 by William J Gray, originally for Primitive Methodist Church. Window repairs. £1,500
  • St Simon's, Partick, Glasgow. Simple Gothic Church, known as the Polish Church, 1858 by Charles O’Neill, with altar by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. General repairs. £2,000
  • Trinity Possil and Henry Drummond Church, Glasgow. Brick-built church of large nave, narrow side aisles and octagonal chancel, with largely intact interior. Stewart & Paterson, 1936. Repairs to gables. £5,000
  • Haddington West. Red sandstone Gothic Revival church by Sidney Mitchell & Wilson, 1890. Repairs to roof and rainwater goods. £3,000
  • St Michael & All Angels, Helensburgh. Gothic revival church of nave, chancel and side aisles, 1867, by Robert Rowand Anderson, tower completed 1930. General repairs. £5,000
  • St John's, Johnstone. Compact Gothic Revival church of nave, chancel and transepts, 1874, Mr Thomson of Wellington Street, Glasgow. General repairs. £1,000
  • St Mary's Church and Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth. High Victorian church and monastery buildings, 1867-70, by Andrew Heiton. Roof and masonry repairs. Grant for work to church only. £4,000
  • Melrose Parish Church. Georgian Revival church by J M Dick Peddie, 1911, retaining spire of 1810 by John Smith. Roof repairs. £4,000
  • Church of the Holy Family, Port Glasgow. Dramatic brick-walled church with high-level windows, copper roof and square tower by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, 1959. General repairs. £5,000
  • St Matthew's, Rosewell. Byzantine-style church with prominent advanced and canted gable, 1925, by Archibald McPherson, part of a complex with cloister, hall and presbytery. General repairs. Grant for work to church only. £6,000
  • Tarbert Church. Gothic revival church with dominant tower and crown spire overlooking the harbour, 1886, McKissock & Brown. General repairs. £3,000
  • Tingwall Church, Shetland. Simple rectangular church with round-headed windows and bell-cote on gable, 1788. Repairs to balcony. £3,000
  • Holy Trinity, Stirling. Gothic Revival with polychrome brick interior by Robert Rowand Anderson, 1878. General repairs. £6,000
  • Weisdale Kirk. Single-storey kirk with bell-cote, 1863. Repairs to south gable. £500

Grants Awarded 2005

  • St John the Evangelist, Aberdeen. Victorian neo-Gothic, 1851, with pointillist mural c1910 and reredos by Ninian Comper. Additional repairs to stonework of tower. £1,000
  • Ardoch Parish Church. Simple rectangular church of 1770, porch and chancel added 1890 by William Simpson. Repairs to belltower and roof. £1,000
  • Aviemore Parish Church. Simple rectangular granite-built kirk of 1902 with bell-cote and porch. Roof and masonry repairs. £3,000
  • St Margaret's, Braemar. Gothic Revival church with exquisite wooden rood screen, hanging cruxifix and choir stalls by Sir Ninian Comper. Repairs. £2,000
  • Broughton Church. Simple rectangular church by Robert Bryden of 1802, transepts added 1886. Roof repairs. £1,000
  • Carnock Parish Church. Cruciform church with round-headed windows and square tower, 1840 by J Henderson. Repairs to steeple. £1,500
  • Dysart Kirk. Romanesque cruciform church of 1874 by Campbell, Douglas & Sellars. Restoration of three of twelve panels by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. £6,000
  • St John's, Eastriggs, Dumfriesshire. Delightful Arts & Crafts inspired church of 1917, designed by C M Crickner under the direction of Sir Raymnd Unwin. General repairs. £3,000
  • Craigsbank Church, Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Dramatic modern movement church of 1966 by Sir William Kininmonth. General repairs. £4,000
  • St Mark's, Portobello, Edinburgh. Handsome classical temple of 1824. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000
  • Scottish Churches House Chapel, Dunblane. Ecumenical. 16th century or earlier stone vault, converted into a simple chapel c1960. Waterproofing and stone repairs. £2,000
  • Our Lady & St Andrew, Galashiels. Gothic revival church with prominent buttresses and octagonal corner towers designed by William W Wardell, 1856-8. Roof, rainwater goods and masonry repairs. £3,000
  • Calton Parkhead Church, Glasgow. Red brick church, 1935 by Hutton & Taylor, with unspoilt interior where brick and timber is used to stunning effect. Original décor and fittings survive. General repairs. £4,500
  • Sacred Heart, Bridgeton, Glasgow. Red sandstone basilica by Charles Menart with dominant Diocletian window in gable flanked by towerlets. Repairs to roof and rainwater goods. £3,000
  • St Mary's, Calton, Glasgow. Rectangular, classical, pedimented church by Goldie & Child, 1842 with elaborate interior. Repairs to roofs, rainwater goods and high-level masonry. £3,000
  • St Columba's, Glenrothes. Part of a complex of church, halls and manse by Wheeler & Sprossan, 1961, the worship space lit by clerestory windows. Roof and high-level repairs. £5,000
  • St Cuthbert's, Hawick. Gothic revival church of 1858 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Repairs to bell-cote. £3,000
  • St Michael's, Inveresk. Classical church with four-stage tower and spire by Robert Nisbet, 1805. Roof and masonry repairs. £1,000
  • St Peter's, Inverkeithing. Four-stage tower of 14th century with Gothic revival nave by James Gillespie Graham, 1827 with interior by Peter McGregor Chalmers, 1900. Repairs to nave archade. £3,000
  • Ness Bank Church, Inverness. Early Gothic revival style church, 1901 by William Mackintosh, uses a sloping site in the bank if the River Ness to good advantage. Rebuilding of entrance steps. £3,000
  • St Kiaran's, Kilchoman, Isle of Islay. Romanesque church with wide chancel arch and semicircular apse of 1899 by Peter MacGregor Chalmers. Stonework repairs. £5,000
  • Kilninver Parish Church. Plain harled kirk with simple timber details, original building of 1792, remodelled 1891. Roof repairs. £1,000
  • Kirkcudbright Parish Church. T-plan Gothic church with 3-stage tower and broached spire, 1835-8, William Burn. General repairs. £3,000
  • St Monans Parish Church. T-shaped 14th century church in a dramatic seaside situation by Sir William Dishington with tower and steeple above crossing. Window repairs. £5,000
  • Shotts E U Congregational Church. Simple rectangular church with Gothic lancet windows, 1907. Repairs to spire. £1,000
  • Skirling Kirk. Traditional rectangular church of 1720 with substantial alterations 1891. Repairs to bell-cote. £1,500
  • St James's, Stonehaven. Simple neo-Norman church of nave, aisles and chancel by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, 1875-7. Stone repairs. £2,000
  • Symington Parish Church, Ayrshire. Ayrshire‘s Norman church, 12th century with alterations of 1919 by Peter McGregor Chalmers. Masonry repairs to west gable. £3,000
  • Yetholm Parish Church. Tall rectangular church built of the local whinstone with octagonal corner buttresses and a square tower, 1835 by Robert Brown. Roof and masonry repairs. £3,000