The church has four
galleries or lofts:
The Sailor's Loft, above
which hangs a scale-model of a 20 gun frigate, the third
or fourth replacement to one reputedly made from a piece
of wood from the wreckage of a Spanish galleon, but this
has never been confirmed. This gallery was erected in
1698.
The Crawfurdsburn or Choir
Gallery is situated above the front entrance. It is in this gallery that a new 3 manual and pedal 42 voice Johannus Opus 37 organ console is placed.
Above the main seating area, and
directly in front of the pulpit, is the Farmer's
Gallery, easily recognisable from the model of a
plough which hangs there. This "plough" was commissioned
by a member of the congregation in 1965.
A long flight of stairs leads up
to the Sir Michael Roberts Gallery or Laird's
Loft, used by the Shaw Stewarts before the original
church was abandoned in 1841, and Sir Michael Robert Shaw
Stewart built his own Episcopal Chapel at Ardgowan in
1856.
The Laird's Retiring Room is now
the Vestry.
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