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St John's Church, Port Ellen

Church in Scotland

55°37′39.5″N 6°10′59″W / 55.627639°N 6.18306°W / 55.627639; -6.18306AddressFrederick Street, Port Ellen, IslayCountryScotlandDenominationChurch of ScotlandWebsitewww.islayjurachurches.co.uk/st-johns-churchArchitectureDesignated

Listed Building – Category B

Designated24 April 2003Reference no.LB49190 Architect(s)Arthur George Sydney MitchellArchitectural typeArts and CraftsGroundbreaking1897Completed1898SpecificationsTower height55 feet (17 m)AdministrationPresbyteryArgyllParishKidalton and Oa

St John's Church, Port Ellen is a Category B listed building in Port Ellen, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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:

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

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]

References

^ "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.