[3] In 1224, John Bisset, linked to the church, built a leper hospital.

The church was built in 1851–7 to a design by Bishop James Kyle and Alexander and William Reid.

In 1907 the chancel, altar and baptistry were altered by Charles Jean Ménart, who also designed St Aloysius Church, Glasgow.

[5] George Hay was the first post-Reformation minister of the parish and served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in March 1571.

[4] Rev William Scrogie, minister from 1649 to 1667, leaving to take his position as Bishop of Argyll.