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M284 Alterations to Rothesay Parish United Free Church

Address: Castle Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 9HA
Date: 1907–8
Client: Rothesay Parish United Free Church
Authorship:

(Office)

Designed by the celebrated Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson (1790–1847), this Gothic Revival church with a prominent tower and spire opened in 1845 as Rothesay Free Parish Church. In 1907 the roof collapsed. It was replaced by Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh with a new hammerbeam roof with Gothic details. At the same time, a wrought-iron finial was added to the spire.

Authorship: John Keppie was responsible for the work carried out in 1907. His name, and not the practice name of Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh, appears in the minutes of the Deacons' Court, which was responsible for overseeing the repair of the church.

Alternative names: Rothesay Free Parish Church.

Cost from office job book: £2007 18s 10d

Status: Standing building

Current name: Rothesay Trinity Church

Current use: Church (2014)

Listing category: B

Historic Scotland/HB Number: 43854

RCAHMS Site Number: NS06SE 245

Grid Reference: NS 08930 64510

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.835873, lng = -5.052697 (Map)

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.