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Kirriemuir - Churches

The Congregation of the Glens       Cortachy Chapel       St. Andrew's Church       St. Anthony's Church

Congregation of the Glens & Auld Kirk

The Congregation of the Glens and Kirriemuir Old Parish Church - "The Congregation of the Glens and Kirriemuir Old Parish Church is part of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and serves a mixed Rural and Town Congregation which includes the north half of the town of Kirriemuir, Cortachy, Memus and the Angus Glens of Prosen, Moy, Clova and Doll."

The Auld Kirk - This old parish church is located between Kirk Wynd and Bank Street.  There is an archway with an iron gate off Bank Street leading into the church yard and to the kirk.  The automobile entrance is from Kirk Wynd.  Kirk Wynd is very narrow with two-way traffic that can barely accommodate one-way traffic.

Auld Kirk Interior

Here you see the interior and altar of the Auld Kirk in Kirriemuir.

Auld Kirk Interior

This is a stained glass window in the Auld Kirk representing St. George slaying the dragon.

Cortachy Chapel and Gate

This is the gate to Cortachy Chapel.  It was built by the 7th Earl of Airlie in 1828 on the site of a previous church.

Cortachy Chapel Interior

This is the interior of Cortachy Chapel where the family of the Earl of Strathmore worship on Sundays.  The chapel can seat 300 worshipers.  There are memorials to the 9th and 12th Earls of Strathmore.  By the the east gable is the Burial Aisle of the Airlie family.  The chapel is now part of the ministry of the Congregation of the Glens and Kirriemuir Old Parish Church

This photo of the interior of Cortachy Chapel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This photo of the interior of Cortachy Chapel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.

See also Cortachy Church

St. Andrew's Church

St. Andrew's Church is the Church of Scotland in the Southmuir Parish of Kirriemuir.  The church began as the South Free Church of Scotland when Rev Daniel Cormick, minister of the South Parish Church, which had recently been formed as a Quoad Sacra charge from the Barony 'came out' with most of his office-bearers and a large majority of the congregation in May 1843.  This national event was known as 'The Disruption'.  The foundation stone was laid in 1843, and a church and schoolroom was built.  According to the church's Web site:  The building is of local stone, with grey stone hewn work, and the roof is covered with green slates.  The style is late Gothic, and the front to the street is richly treated, consisting of a gable flanked by massive buttresses, and a tower at the west side, rising to a height of about 60 feet.  The gable contains three deeply-recessed traceried windows.  The main doorway is in the tower, and has a richly-moulded and carved arched head.  Messrs Thoms and Wilkie, Commercial Street, Dundee, were the architects ...

A history and more photographs of St. Andrew's Church may be found at the church's Web site.

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St. Anthony's Church

This is St. Mary's Close, West off the Roods.  It was named St. Mary's Close for St. Mary's Episcopal School that once occupied this land.  Buildings associated with the school are still there on the right.  The church was across the Roods from this close, and was demolished in 1908 and replaced by a Masonic Hall.  The old school was torn down in 1976, and St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church was built in its place.  Here you see St. Anthony's ahead at the end of the close. This is the second location for St. Anthony's.  The original church, a wooden building, was built during World War II by Polish soldiers on land donated by Lady Lyall on a street off the Brechin Road.  The Capital Scot attended mass there one summer as a teenager.

St. Anthony's Church

This another view of St. Mary's Close, West off the Roods.

St. Anthony's Church

This is the interior of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church facing the altar.  The stained glass window seems unusual for a church.  It is a very modern design featuring a dove of peace.

St. Anthony's Church

This is the interior of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church facing the entrance. The crucifix had been in the original St. Anthony's.

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