St John's Church, Port Ellen

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St John’s Church, Port Ellen
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St John’s Church, Port Ellen
St John's Church, Port Ellen
55°37′39.5″N6°10′59″W / 55.627639°N 6.18306°W / 55.627639; -6.18306
AddressFrederick Street, Port Ellen, Islay
Country Scotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website www.islayjurachurches.co.uk/st-johns-church
Architecture
Designated
Listed Building – Category B
Designated24 April 2003
Reference no. LB49190
Architect(s) Arthur George Sydney Mitchell
Architectural type Arts and Crafts
Groundbreaking 1897
Completed1898
Specifications
Tower height55 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.

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History

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:

Organ

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.

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References

  1. "Port Ellen Mission Church" . Highland News. Scotland. 2 October 1897. Retrieved 12 February 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Memorial to Former Islay Minister" . The Scotsman. Scotland. 23 October 1940. Retrieved 12 February 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Organ Gifted as Memorial" . The Scotsman. Scotland. 3 April 1945. Retrieved 12 February 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.