St John's Church, Port Ellen
St John’s Church, Port Ellen | |
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55°37′39.5″N 6°10′59″W / 55.627639°N 6.18306°W | |
Address | Frederick Street, Port Ellen, Islay |
Country | Scotland |
Denomination | Church of Scotland |
Website | www |
Architecture | |
Designated | |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Designated | 24 April 2003 |
Reference no. | LB49190 |
Architect(s) | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell |
Architectural type | Arts and Crafts |
Groundbreaking | 1897 |
Completed | 1898 |
Specifications | |
Tower height | 55 feet (17 m) |
Administration | |
Presbytery | Argyll |
Parish | Kidalton and Oa |
St John's Church, Port Ellen is a Category B listed building in Port Ellen, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
History
[edit]The memorial stone for the new church was laid by Mrs Ramsay of Kidalton on 1 October 1897.[1] It was built to replace the former churches at Lagavulin as the congregation in Port Ellen had grown. It is a single storey church in the Arts and Crafts style built on a rectangular plan. It was built to the designs of the architect Arthur George Sydney Mitchell.
There are three stained glass windows:
- A memorial to Revd. James Mackinnon, minister from 1894 to 1938 depicting Christ the Good Shepherd[2]
- A memorial to Iain Ramsay of Kidalton, killed on 30 April 1942
- A window depicting a haymaking scene.
Organ
[edit]An organ was gifted in 1945 in memory of Pilot Officer Alastair MacTaggart and five others of the parish who were killed on active service during the Second World War.[3] The organ is no longer there as the present organ is an Allen Protege which was installed in August 2001.
References
[edit]- ^ "Port Ellen Mission Church". Highland News. Scotland. 2 October 1897. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Memorial to Former Islay Minister". The Scotsman. Scotland. 23 October 1940. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Organ Gifted as Memorial". The Scotsman. Scotland. 3 April 1945. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.