St Michael & All Angels, Inverness

The parish church, built on Abban Street in 1903, was a rebuilding of the mission chapel of the Holy Spirit (Alexander Ross, 1886) which had stood in Factory Street, on the opposite side (east) of the River Ness. In the rebuilding, the church was lengthened.

The architects were Ross and Macbeth, who were based in the city. However, extensive alterations were made to the church under the direction of Ninian Comper in 1904, 1905, 1923, 1924 and 1928, and the church has been called the "Comper Jewel in the Highlands of Scotland".[2][3]

The church is a simple late-Gothic, three-bay aisleless nave, narthex and chancel, with vestry at north-east, Lady Chapel at north-west, and porch at west gable. It is built of snecked masonry, with a slate roof. There is a spired bellcote at the west end. Inside, there is a collar-braced waggon roof. The Lady Chapel and furnishings were by Comper whose father Reverend John Comper had served as an Episcopal priest in Inverness. The riddel posts with tester above the high altar; stone font with spired and crocketted timber cover; and stained-glass windows are all by Comper.

The church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition and is a member of Forward in Faith.

The Revd Canon Dr John Cuthbert is Priest-in-Charge of both St Michael & All Angels and St John the Evangelist Church, Inverness.

The church is a Category B listed building for its interior.[4] The adjoining Rectory in Abban Street was built to designs by Alexander Ross and Son in 1911. It is separately listed Category B.

• Inverness Cathedral
• Len Black, former rector
• John Crook, former rector, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness from 1999 to 2006
• Alexander MacEwen (1875 – 1941), provost of Inverness and first leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), was a server and member of the vestry

• "The Church of St Michael and All Angels; The Comper Jewel in the Highlands of Scotland". The Church of St Michael and All Angels. Retrieved 8 March 2019.