Images from the 2013 Restoration Project (funded largely by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Scotland).

17th October: the handover back to us begins…

The sanctuary, softly flooded with the new light...

Sanctuary by night - the darkness service possibilities!

Fully lit church - spotlighting still to be fitted for the altar.

The windows going back in: but the soft and warm interior is clear.

The view from the pulpit...

Tidying on the sedilia, piscina and some other spots in the chancel.

Organ speakers and pipes still to go back in over the next little while.

View from the sanctuary...

The view to the back: stained glass in, lights (mostly working)

Under pew heaters installed

Kneeler boards fitted snugly

The sanctuary and looking east

Early October: getting close to the end…

Pews being screwed back into place.

Busy scene in the nave, dehumidifier in the front of shot.

The walls are painted, the windows clear glazed.

New light fittings where old ones once were.

The west end: narthex windows still boarded, west wall looking rather bare.

The nave: you start to see how it may be...

Clear west window: stained glass to follow!

The cluttered sanctuary.

Repointed bellcote.

Scaffolding comes down around the west end.

West end emerges.

Repaired cross on chancel arch.

September 2013: internals and externals are starting to come together

Floors are drying and specialist paint has started to be applied.

The new kneeler boards ready to be fitted.

Painting starts on the repaired walls.

Floor sanding and decoration.

...and plaster repair on the southern wall too, drying out.

High level plaster repair by the door.

West end: well stripped, but still no windows.

Closer view: skirting & plaster repairs.

Pews in the sanctuary, waiting to find their way home.

Ridge repairs and weather cock to be repainted.

New sarking on the tower roof.

New lead gutters for the tower.

Gargoyle, up close and personal

Repointing and stone repair.

Another gargoyle...

Gargoyle again...

The weathered cross of the chancel arch wall.

Repaired skews on the nave roof

That cross needs to be fixed!

New louvres to keep out bats, weather and the rest.

The massive expanse of the southern roof.

Repaired skews on the chancel to nave join.

Nave roof repairs by the bellcote.

The pagoda tower, visible all around the west bay.

The rugged cross on the west end of the church.

The pagoda...

West windows boarded up for repair.

Window restoration visit to Rainbow Glass studios by architect Rebecca Cadie – August 2013

West window on a light table

Detail of John the Baptist in the West Window

Moulded leaves in the decorated window.

Repair on the moulded leaf window

New and old panes - which is which?

West window roundel - was an opening hopper!

Damage at the edge of the west window

West window details

West window distortion clear.

Baguley signature on the west window - as suspected!

August 2013

New electrics replacing the old unsafe system.

North eaves - repairs

Stonework to be repaired

New guttering to replace.

North wall render removal

South wall render removal

Sarking & wall plate

Scaffolding for west window access

Progress on south roof

West window away for repair

Repair extent on the tower roof.

View from the west end scaffolding

West wall stripped of paint.

Repairs required around west window.

Windows away to be repaired.

Stonework repairs around sound windows.

Late July 2013: R Cadie & A Swift photos

Problem: blocked plastic drainpipe. Cast iron and easier to keep clear.

Skew above chancel arch: major stonework damage. All being repaired.

Lime mortar in the repointed masonry

New lead 'safe' on south side of nave roof: stops water flowing into the wall.

New floor nearly complete: electrics all done.

The new floor in the nave - now yellow, will fade to natural wood, stripping, varnishing etc.

Inside: all loose paint stripped off the nave walls, before plaster repair.

Not so clear: west wall with the flaking blue paint stripped off.

View of the damaged tree from the summer storm.

Inside the ringing chamber with new vents: much drier.

High level access on 20 June: photos by Rebecca Cadie of ARPL – and 21st June visit by Diocesan Finance & Property Board

Good ventilation: roof and sarking stripped right back.

Diocesan Finance and Property Board visit (no hats needed - in the lunchbreak!)

The floor takes shape - but more importantly electrics and induction loop go in!

The finial cross on the chancel arch - very eroded.

Wall plates - the wood on top of the walls - very rotten as expected.

Above the windows in the west wall - big holes!

Floor in front of the organ pipes - awaiting electrics to be finished.

The top of the tower - all very rotten with bad lead. All to be fixed.

The narthex - almost bare of render.

Inside: floor at the pulpit: where the organ will go back.

The tower - a rare close up!

The porch roof has some rot too!

Replacing wall plates on the south wall, inside and out.

The narthex to west wall join - repaired to carry the weight of scaffolding.

From the outside: new sarking going in.

Tower roof sarking: rotten and to be replaced.

NE corner gargoyle, up close and personal!

Tower fully scaffolded.

The weathercock: needs a lick of paint and a lightning conductior!

The drain on the tower roof - the hole is the size of a 50p - NOT a good design. All to be fixed.

Looking down onto the rectory from the tower.

Wall plate - mix of wet, dry rot and woodworm. All to replaced and drainage improved to stop it happening again.

Scaffolding on the tower & work continues: 14th June 2013

Scaffolding finally goes up on the tower.

Ventilation with tiles & sarking stripped back.

Inside - floor nearly complete, awaiting electrical work.

Narthex roof repairs: new beam fitted

Stripped narthex walls.

The back door - bare masonry.

The nave - busy with new floor nearly complete.

Tower scaffolding...

Tower scaffolding... Mr Pirie and his tree would have a good view.

Tower scaffolding...

Masonry hidden by the platforms...

The power is cut and dropped via a transformer, so the tower is safe to scaffold.

Tower scaffolding...

Floor starts to take shape again: 30 May 2013

Space left for the electricians to get access for wiring replacement.

Will they support us all?

South side again.

Floor boards on the north-west side.

Damp proof membrane between the joists and the supports & walls.

Joists going back in on the south side!

The project develops: concrete in the solum (24 May 2013)

The nave: prepped for the new wooden floor.

View from the sanctuary steps.

Low down in the concrete-based solum - the wooden joists will rest on the damp proof membrane.

A detail of a single pew end. The red seems to be a coloured limewash, safe and easy to remove. Watermarks running down the wall are evidence of the environment over the years!

The old pew ends. The existing pews start to the right of the piece of paper.

Narthex roof beams - very rotten in the south west corner.

The service duct up by the chancel arch: wires now, once gas and who knows what?

Solum: small walls away, damaged tiles removed: wood will be fitted up to the chancel arch.

The area by the organ pipes: a mixture of levels and materials. Will all be a timber floor once relaid.

Solum concreted, damp proof membrane laid and ready for the new floor.

The floors are stripped out and the scaffolding goes up (10 May 2013)

Images from the restoration project in Holy Trinity Dunoon, May 2013

South wall - the shadows of the old pews. This is the 'new' 1890s section. Font in a box!

The join between 1850s and 1890s walls.

A dated joist: 1850?

Narthex again.

The narthex, lower lining stripped off and drying out.

The west door in the narthex.

A strange view forwards: an empty nave!

The nave: central supports for the old floor, north wall panelling away. Font in a box!

The front of the nave, south side: supporting walls below the floors

The platform comes up to reveal more rotten flooring!

The chancel floor comes up.

The old pew ends (they once had two ends) - and red walls!

The front of the nave and the chancel - old structure.

The scaffolding through the trees

A fenced off 'no-go' area, for the moment

Rotten joist ends...

A minor miracle that no-one fell through!

The floor below the platform: a bit of work to get that beautiful again!

The west wall - earth where the floor and pews used to be.

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