The church’s steeple houses a unique peal of eight bells, the oldest complete ring in Scotland.

St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, where one third of Scottish ministers walked out of a general assembly and formed the Free Church of Scotland, was made a listed building on this day in 1966.

The church was founded in 1781 and opened its doors in 1784. A competiton was held to find an appropriate design for the building.

It was won by Captain Andrew Frazer and Robert Kay, who built the church on an elliptical plan – the first of its kind in the UK.

The church’s steeple houses a unique peal of eight bells, the oldest complete ring in Scotland.

The bells were forged in 1788 by William and Thomas Mears at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry,

The interior ceiling design pays homage to Roman and Pompeian interior design, as well as Scottish thistles.

Stained glass windows by Alfred Webster and Douglas Strachan also grace the interior.

In 1843, the church was the scene of the Disruption, where 450 ministers of the Church of Scotland broke away to found the Free Church of Scotland.