St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Tain
Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty
Gothic Church with wide tracery, hood-moulded windows. It has a bell tower (recently rebuilt) and porch with halls and a vestry behind. The interior is of very simple satisfying design with stained glass windows. The earliest stained glass, dated 1884, was made by Ballantyne and Gardner, a well-known firm of Edinburgh stained glass makers. The later glass is by A. L. Ward in 1910 and by W. Wilson in 1955 and 1961.
St. Andrew’s houses fine examples of the work of Robert ‘Mousey’ Thompson. In 1936 Robert installed a carved reredos. At the same time he fitted the altar rails. In 1967 the vestry commissioned this grandson to carve a lectern and later to fashion a pulpit. A lengthy enough mouse-hunting journey for anyone!
For Doors Open Days, members of the congregation will be available to answer questions and provide more information.
Facilities
Additional Access Information
Level access is best via the hall, appropriate signage will be in place to aid visitors.
Gallery
Key Information
Booking not required.
Where to find us
Address
- Glebe Crescent
- Tain
- IV19 1HE