{"id":43731,"date":"2025-08-12T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43731"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:24:57","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-moderator-visits-landmark-cumbernauld-church-devastated-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43731","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Moderator visits &#8216;landmark&#8217; Cumbernauld church devastated by fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/St_Mungos_Church_of_Scotland_geograph_3807845_G_Laird_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/St_Mungos_Church_of_Scotland_geograph_3807845_G_Laird_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/St_Mungos_Church_of_Scotland_geograph_3807845_G_Laird_commons_wiki.png 640w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/St_Mungos_Church_of_Scotland_geograph_3807845_G_Laird_commons_wiki-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: G Laird\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:St_Mungos_Church_of_Scotland_(geograph_3807845).jpg\">St Mungo&#8217;s Church of Scotland<\/a><\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support the devastated congregation the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland visited the ruins of St Mungo&#8217;s Church in Cumbernauld, Alan Reiach\u2019s iconic church destroyed by fire, reports <em>The Herald Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Herald Scotland<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rt Rev Rosie Frew stood shoulder to shoulder with members of the former St Mungo&#8217;s Church in Cumbernauld on Wednesday as they surveyed the wreckage of what was an iconic landmark at the heart of the town. She said they are \u2018grieving\u2019 the loss of a beloved gathering place\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 an important landmark since it was built in the 1960s &#8211; designed by notable Scottish architect Alan Reiach\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25373541.moderator-visits-landmark-cumbernauld-church-devastated-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: G Laird\u00a0\/\u00a0St Mungo&#8217;s Church of Scotland To support the devastated congregation the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland visited the ruins of St Mungo&#8217;s Church in Cumbernauld, Alan Reiach\u2019s iconic church destroyed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43731\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,23,87,29,83],"class_list":["post-43731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-fire","tag-heritage","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43733,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43731\/revisions\/43733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}