Old Parish Church Guide Book

Stained Glass Artists
Daniel Cottier, whose studio produced all of the nineteenth and early twentieth
century stained glass windows in the church, has an interesting background.
In spite of the French sounding name, he was born near Anderson Cross in
Glasgow in 1838. He served his apprenticeship there before moving to Edinburgh
and later London.
His lancet window designs in Peebles Old show that he was greatly influenced by
the Pre-Raphaelites of the mid to late
19th. century. He flourished and later
still, spread his influence as far as New
York and Australia.
A further account of Cottier and his work
can be found in book entitled Scotland’s
Stained Glass – Making the Colours Sing
by Michael Donnelly and published by
Mercat Press.
Cottier windows
Crear McCartney who created the two modern stained glass windows in the
entrance was born in Symington, Lanarkshire in 1931. He gained the Diploma
in Design (Stained Glass) at Glasgow School of Art, which he attended from 1950
to 1955. He was the manager of the Stained Glass Studio at Pluscarden Abbey
from1955 to 1960. Following a spell as a teacher of art, he became a freelance artist
in stained glass in 1988.
He had many major commissions
throughout Scotland, including the west
window of St. Magnus Cathedral, Orkney,
which celebrates the 850th anniversary of
that building. The RAF memorial window
at St. Eval, Cornwall, was also designed by
him.
Crear McCartney Windows
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