Lyne Kirk is one of the smallest, if not the smallest, church currently in use in Scotland measuring only 109 square metres. It sits on an elevated site, on top of a small knoll adjacent to the A72 Peebles to Glasgow road, 4.5 miles west of Peebles, looking out across Lyne Water to the rolling hills beyond.
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Records suggest there has been a church on this site since the 1100s, when the chapel of Lyne is recorded as a “dependency” or subsidiary of nearby Stobo Church, and it appears to have become a parish church in its own right in the early 1300s.

By 1600 the building had fallen into disrepair and was described as ruinous. The building we see today was erected between 1640 and 1645 by John Hay, the 8th Lord of Yester, who went on to become the first Earl of Tweeddale

The walls are built of random rubble dressed with pink and grey sandstone and are over a 3 ½ feet thick in parts.
In 1888, the 10th Earl of Wemyss, undertook major restoration work on the building, adding the porch across the doorway and rebuilding the belfry which is inscribed ‘Old Belfry dated 1708 rebuilt 1888’.
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Inside the church, the laird’s pew, located near the door, and the semi-circular pulpit, at the front of the church, are both carved from oak and are original to existing building. Small carved panels attached to the laird’s pew bear the date 1644 and a monogram comprising the initials of Lord Hay and his wife.  

The bowl of the large stone font which stands majestically just inside the church door, is a relic from the previous building. Hewn from a single piece of stone, it was discovered built into the inner wall of the church. It is now mounted on a sandstone plinth and is still in use today.
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The head stones in the surrounding graveyard include a rare example of an Adam & Eve stone dated 1712 which is now well preserved thanks to the efforts of the Peeblesshire Archaeological Society.