Dunoon - Holy Trinity Kilbride Road, Dunoon. The church is beside the Bishop's Glen, about a mile south of the town centre Rector: The Rev’d Andrew Swift rev.andrew@familyswift.org.uk Tel: 01369-702444 The Church Website Christine McIntosh's Blog Andrew Swift's Blog Dunoon's RSS feeds Secretary: Maureen McKellar, Eden Cottage, 45 Hill Street, Dunoon, PA23 7YA 01369 703058 Contact Maureen Services - Sunday Sung Eucharist at 10.30 Thursday 5.15pm Eucharist Home Who's Who History Publications News & Events Prayer Churches Diocesan Blogs Oban Cathedral Cathedral of the Isles Retreats Belltower Companion Dioceses Gaelic History Following the Drummond Secession from the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1843/44 a church was erected in Alfred Street, Dunoon which claimed to be "The Church of England in Scotland" and had links through its founder with St Jude's, Glasgow. Bishop Low, at that time the Bishop of the Diocese, arranged for The Revd H G Pirie to hold services for the Scottish Episcopalians of Dunoon and district in a hall near the centre of the town in 1846. Holy Trinity, designed by John Henderson of Edinburgh, was opened for worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Scottish Episcopal Church in September, 1850, near the houses of the West Bay, at that time a fashionable community near the village of Dunoon. A few years later the rectory was built adjacent to the church. Christ Church, as the English church in Alfred Street was named, established a mission in Hunter's Quay dedicated as Emmanuel Church. Both these churches continued until the end of last century. From Holy Trinity were established St Margaret's at Innellan, St Andrew's in Hanover Street, and later Christ Church near the pier at Hunter's Quay. Today the original Holy Trinity building alone remains to represent our tradition in the area. The building, before the turn of the century, was found to be inadequate in size and Alexander Ross of Inverness drew up plans to extend the church to the west of the front to match the original design; the large western porch or narthex and the tower and bells were added at the same time. The records show that new fittings and heating schemes were added over the years. A new organ was bought in 1882, and this was later adapted to have an electric blower. Now there is an electric organ. The sanctuary was remodelled around 1950 and, and its simplicity and good proportions make it a fine setting for the worship of Almighty God. Round the church is the graveyard, extended in 1924, where lie many of the congregation of past years. The whole setting of the church and rectory (built in 1849) is one of great beauty, with lawns and woods, looking out to the town and the Clyde estuary. The ancient Celtic well of St Bride, near the church, and the position in the Bishop's Glen are constant reminders of the continuity of our tradition from the past.