St. Mary’s Church – Tristan

St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church was the first church on the island.  It was built under the instruction so the Revd Martin Rogers and opened in July 1923.  It was renovated and extended between 1990 and 1991.  It is a simple construction, built against the backdrop of great rocks.  Before that religious services were held in ordinary houses, such as those of William Glass, or Captain Andrew Hagan’s, at one time the largest house on the island.