Appeal launched to save St John’s Kirk of Perth 900-year-old Kirk where John Knox sparked the reformation is in crisis £4 million restoration bill looms for Perth’s most historic building The Kirk of Kings threatened by soaring costs A £4 million appeal is being launched to save Perth’s oldest and key historic building. St John’s Kirk has dominated the Fair … Read More
Spire repairs are a top priority for the Kirk
For centuries it has dominated the city of Perth skyline. But now the historic lead-clad spire of St John’s Kirk is under threat from the elements with a repair bill spiralling to hundreds of thousands of pounds. Expert surveys of the unique focal feature of Perth’s oldest standing building carried out in 2019 identified water entering through failing lead-work, causing … Read More
Students capture St John’s Kirk bells after nearly fifty years
As part of a digital heritage project, it is the first time since the seventies that Perth’s largest musical instrument has been recorded. The kirk’s current Carilloneur is world-renowned Dr Ian Cassells. He performed on the recording and took part in a short celebratory recital on Wednesday 4 September at 2.30pm at the launch of the new CD, with Perth’s … Read More
Perth music bells
Dundee Courier – Friday 25 November 1881 As will be remembered, it was announced in these columns considerable time age that ex-Lord Provost Graham had, with characteristic generosity, offered replace the defective mechanism of the half-hour chimes in the Steeple of St John’s Church by machinery of the most improved and modern type. The Town Council having granted the requisite authority for the execution of the work, Messrs Gillet & … Read More
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