20 September 2025 (10:00 - 16:00)
21 September 2025 (14:00 - 16:00)
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 there will be tours of the Church which features stained glass by a variety of artists and carved oak furniture by Robert ‘Mousey’ Thompson, the earliest pieces by Robert himself and later pieced by his descendants. Younger visitors will enjoy trying to find the trademark carved mice all around the church. The organ is particularly fine - it was built by Hamilton and Muller, Edinburgh and has never been modified, though it was restored some years ago. From time to time, during the opening hours, the organ will be played.
Level access is best via the hall, appropriate signage will be in place to aid visitors.

Address
Glebe Crescent, Tain, IV19 1HE