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Examples of Grants Awarded

Below is a list of grants for repair or conservation reports awarded in recent years:

Grants Awarded 2011

  • St John's Episcopal, Alloa. Geometric Gothic design with broach spire, 1869, by Robert Rowand Anderson, woodwork and screen by Lorimer and glass by Kempe. General repairs. £5,000
  • Balbeggie United Free Church. Simple rectangular church of 1831. Grant towards conservation report. £500
  • Carmyllie Parish Church. Original church with belfry of 1609 altered in 18C and early 19C and alterations and greatly enlarged 1874 by McLaren & Aitken, Architects of Dundee. General repairs. £3,000
  • Cruden Parish Church. Country church of 1776 with addition in 1833 of stair towers with conical roofs. Grant towards conservation report. £1,000
  • Cullen Methodist Church. Simple early 20th century stone church in the sea town of Cullen. Repairs to windows. £1,500
  • St Mary's Episcopal, Dalkeith. Built in 1845 by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, designed by William Burn and David Bryce like an English University chapel. Repairs to gutters and rainwater goods. £5,000
  • Polwarth Parish Church, Edinburgh. Splendid example of late 19th- and early 20th-century Arts & Crafts Gothic by Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, 1901, with the tower by James Jerdan & Sons, 1913. General repairs. £1,000
  • St Salvador's Episcopal, Edinburgh. Design of 1937 by Tarbolton and Ochterlony based on the medieval church of St Monans in Fife. Repairs to tower and spire. £5,000
  • St Francis Xavier's RC, Falkirk. Hall church with dramatic entrance façade by architect A R Conlin, 1961. General repairs and repairs to clerestory windows. £3,500
  • St Mary's Episcopal, Gatehouse of Fleet. Simple stone church with painted margins built for the United Presbyterian Church in 1864, Episcopalian since 1909. Masonry repairs. £1,715
  • St Joseph's RC, Helensburgh. Cruciform late-Gothic style church in red sandstone with light, white interior, 1912, Charles Menart. Grant towards conservation report. £1,200
  • Innerleithen Parish Church. Idiosyncratic Gothic by F T Pilkington, 1864, chancel added by J McIntyre Henry in 1889. General repairs. £3,000
  • Glenaray & Inveraray Parish Church. Centre-piece of the planned town, a double church by Robert Mylne, 1805, housing English and Gaelic congregations. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000
  • Inveravon Parish Church. Simple rectangular church of 1806, remodeled in 1876 by Alexander Marsdhall Mackenzie; notable Pictish stones. General repairs. £3,000
  • Kirkmichael Parish Church. Rectangular, rendered church with bellcote and plain venetian window in gable, 1791. Repairs to masonry. £2,000
  • Kirn Parish Church. Designed by P MacGregor Chalmers and built 1906-7 in a Romanesque style with square tower topped with a pyramidal roof. Repairs to masonry. £2,500
  • St Columba's RC Cathedral, Oban. Highly distinctive, pink granite cathedral with a lofty tower, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1932 in the neo-Gothic style. Masonry repairs. £5,000
  • St Mirin's RC Cathedral, Paisley. Neo-Romanesque in style with an airy arched interior, 1931, Thomas Baird. Repairs to roof, masonry and internal plaster. £5,000
  • Pencaitland Parish Church. Outstanding example of a Scottish parish kirk of the 16th or early 17th century with later additions. Masonry and drainage repairs. £5,000
  • Port of Menteith Parish Church. Gothic style church with square tower on the shore of the Lake of Menteith, 1878, by John Honeyman. General repairs. £4,000
  • New Life Centre, Prestwick. Former St Cuthbert's Parish Church, 1834, by David Bryce in Tudorbethan style. General repairs. £3,000
  • Torthorwald Parish Church. A white T-plan kirk of 1872 incorporating stones from an earlier church. Ceiling repairs. £1,000
  • Wick St Fergus Church of Scotland. Simple Gothic rectangle with quoins and pinnacles and corner tower and spire, John Henry of Edinburgh, 1820-30. Roof, masonry and window repairs. £2,500

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. £4,000
  • St Salvador's, Dundee. Church in early Arts & Crafts Gothic with glorious painted interior, G F Bodley, 1868. Repairs to masonry. £5,000
  • Gillespie Memorial Parish Church, Dunfermline. Tudor Gothic church with a broad gable front with octagonal buttresses rising into pinnacles, 1848-9 by Andrew Balfour. £3,000
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal, Dunoon. Nave and chancel Gothic church by John Henderson, 1847-8; narthex and tower added 1896. General repairs. £5,000
  • Leith Free Church (Elder Memorial), Edinburgh. Arts & Crafts church with Gothic details by Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, 1899. Grant towards conservation report £1,000.
  • St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh. Perpendicular Gothic building by James Gillespie Graham, 1814; chancel by Buchanan & Bennett, 1895; nave extended and heightened by Reid & Forbes 1932. Roof repairs. £3,000.
  • Fogo Kirk. A rare example of a traditional Presbyterian church, mostly dating from 1683, with box pews, small plain glass windows and two laird's lofts, entered by outside stairs. Grant offered on condition that only second-hand Scotch slates are used. £4,000.
  • 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. £4,000
  • St Paul's RC Church, Glenrothes. Trapezoid-shaped white painted church with tall roof light above altar, 1957, Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. General repairs. £4,000
  • St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Govan. Italian Romanesque style church by John Honeyman, 1877-9 with campanile. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000
  • St Andrew's, Inverurie. A rectangular building, designed by John Smith, 1842, with a perpendicular Gothic façade. General repairs. £5,000.
  • Kirk Yetholm Parish Church. Gothic church with tower of local whinstone with cream sandstone dressings, 1832 by Robert Brown. Repairs to windows and stonework. £4,000
  • Greyfriars, Kirkcudbright. Eighteenth century T-plan church, remodelled by Peter MacGregor Chalmers, 1922. Masonry and window repairs. £1,000
  • Kirkmichael, Netherton and Glenshee Parish Churches. Group of simple country churches. Grant towards conservation report £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 John's Parish Church, Largs. Romanesque 4-bay rectangular church with tall tower, 1886, Archibald J Graham. Roof and masonry repairs. £4,000
  • St Angus's Episcopal, Lochearnhead. Plain Gothic style church with nave, chancel, porch, vestry and gabletted belfry, 1888. Repairs to masonry. £3,000
  • St Peter's Episcopal, Peebles. Early church (1837) by William Burn with Gothic façade, porch and chancel added in 1882 by Hay & Henderson. General repairs. £3,000
  • Renfrew Old Parish Church. Early Gothic style church by John Thomas Rochead, 1861-2, with chancel by P MacGregor Chalmers, 1908. Repairs to masonry. £5,000.
  • 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.

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