Our beautiful building is more than 200 years old and, although a lot of work was done to it to mark the Bicentenary, ongoing maintenance is always required which keeps the Property group busy.  Work was recently required on the church roof and gutters after heavy rain to improve drainage and one of the inner walls had suffered water damage so that was repaired and repainted. We are also responsible for keeping the manse wind and watertight and the manse roof and gutters also had to be repaired.

Our two main boilers failed a recent inspection and spare parts are now unavailable so we are having to run the church on the smallest boiler of the three. We are awaiting a survey, recommended by the Church of Scotland, to look at the requirements of maintaining and replacing the boilers.

The garden has not delivered so much produce this year as our volunteer gardener had to retire due to ill health. If any keen gardeners in the congregation are interested, we would be grateful for some help. The garden space is a pleasant area which we can use for outdoor events and last year we held the Church barbecue there.  We have also used it for the Sunday School Easter Egg hunt and the children helped sow a wild flower garden to encourage bees and other wildlife.

December 2025