The Scots Kirk, Lausanne, is a

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church situated in

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, avenue de Rumine 24. It is part of the Church of Scotland's

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and one of two congregations of the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, the other being the Scots Kirk in

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. Sunday services are in English.

History

In Lausanne, the very first attempts to form a Presbyterian congregation go back to 1866, but they failed after two years. Amalric-Frédéric Buscarlet, pastor in Naples, was staying temporarily in Montreux, where he worked as a chaplain during the tourist season. In 1874, Mrs Williamina Davidson invited him to come to Lausanne, to take some weekday services. Accepting the offer, he rapidly built up a small congregation, which soon asked the Continental Committee of the Free Church of Scotland to finance a permanent clerical post. Buscarlet was named the first minister of the Scottish Church in Lausanne in 1876. The first services were held in the ''Musée industriel'', rue Chaucrau, or in the chapel of the ''Église libre des Terreaux'', but very quickly Buscarlet gathered the necessary funds for the construction of a dedicated building. He engaged one of the most celebrated French architects of the period, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (who was then working on the restoration of

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), to draw up plans for a new church. The construction was entrusted to Jules Verrey, a local architect who erected a number of other religious buildings, particularly for the Free Church of Vaud. The new church was formally dedicated to the glory of God on April 12, 1877, although it had still not been completely finished. The Rev. Buscarlet remained in post until 1907. Constructed between 1876 and 1877, the church was completed in 1879 by the addition of a small vestry on the south-eastern side of the building. Originally known as ''Trinity Presbyterian Church'', it was renamed ''St Andrew’s Church'', probably in 1933 following a property transfer from the United Free Church of Scotland to the

. The church was restored in 1953 and again in 1981-1982, then under the direction of Marcel D. Mueller, an architect of Belgian origin, and a member of the congregation. The building is of interest for its asymmetric architectural shape and its finely crafted timbered roof, both inspired by rural English and Scottish churches. In addition, its interior layout and furnishings are original: the pews, the raised central pulpit (reached by two converging staircases), the Communion table and the celebrants’ seats were realised according to the designs of Viollet-le-Duc. In 1974, the building was registered in the Heritage Inventory (recensement architectural du Canton de Vaud), and in 1995 it was made a category B listed building under federal protection (Protection des Biens Culturels en cas de conflit armé). ''Stained glass windows''. East wall: 1971, by Bernard Viglino, Chavornay. North wall: 1981, by Jean Prahin,

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. ''Organ'': 1974, built by E. Armagni and J.-F. Mingot, Lausanne. The instrument was paid for by a member of the congregation, Ian Reddihough, who also designed and stitched the four large tapestries (1967-1975) adorning the walls of the church. ''St Andrew’s House'', the church hall, was built between 1958 and 1962 after the plans of the architect Mueller.

Ministers of the Scots Kirk Lausanne

* 1874-1910 Amalric-Frédéric Buscarlet, in

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, from 1907 in Pau, remains honorary minister in Lausanne until 1910 * 1907-1919 Alexander-M. Sutherland, from

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* 1919-1923 Hector Adam, chaplain in

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from 1908 * 1923-1927 Norman Nicholson, from

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* 1928-1937 John E. Oldham, from the parish of Eaglesham, near

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* 1937-1947 Donald Campbell, formerly in

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* 1947-1959 Kenneth Tyson, Army chaplain during WW II, then pastor in

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* 1959-1968 Andrew Wylie, Royal Navy chaplain, then in

* 1968-1974 Ian W. Malcolm, pastor in the Middle East during WW II, then in

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* 1974-1980 Maurice Isherwood, naval officer, banker, later pastor in

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* 1980-1985 Hugh Kerr, minister in

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, Israel * 1985-1994 Murray Stewart,

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* 2004-2008 Melvyn Wood, minister in Cullen and

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* 2008-2010 Interregnum * 2010-.... Ian McDonald, hospital chaplain in

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Sources

* Jacques Gubler, "Viollet-le-Duc et l'architecture rurale", in ''Viollet-le-Duc. Centenaire de la mort à Lausanne'' (Exhibition in the Musée historique de l'Ancien-Evêché), Lausanne 1979. * ugh Kerr ''The Scots Kirk Lausanne, A short History'', Lausanne 1984 (new edition nov. 2013).

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References

Recensement architectural du canton de Vaud, fiche RUMI2

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scottish Church Lausanne Buildings and structures in Lausanne Churches in Vaud

Presbyterian churches in Europe 1874 establishments in Switzerland

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Ministers of the Scots Kirk Lausanne

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