Bourock Parish Church

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Bourock Parish Church

The Bourock Parish Church is a Presbyterian church building in the Scottish town Barrhead in the Council Area East Renfrewshire . It is west of the city center on Main Street . In 1980, Bourock Parish Church was included in the Scottish Monument Lists, initially in Category C. In 2000 it was upgraded to category B. The church is still in use as such today.

history

George Boyle , 4th  Earl of Glasgow , gave the Bourock lands to the City of Barrhead in 1838 , on which the church was later built. In order to take into account the rapid population growth as a result of the settlement of the textile industry in the region, the construction of a church began on the land, which was planned as a side church of the Neilston Parish Church in neighboring Neilston . Construction was completed in 1843 and the building was consecrated. Only a few months later, in May of the same year, the community split in the course of the so-called "disruption" . The parish priest Alexander Salmon moved out of the building with around 350 members at the beginning of the service and held the first service of the new congregation, which was part of the Free Church of Scotland , outside behind the church . This built the Barrhead South Parish Church to the east, completed in 1846 , while Bourock Parish Church was closed until 1851.

At the request of the residents, a bell and tower clock were installed in 1853. The bell that rang on weekdays marked the beginning and end of shifts in the surrounding companies. Until 1876 the church also housed a school and a library, which in 1865 already contained 3,000 books.

description

Bourock Parish Church is located on Main Street , on which the A736 runs through the city on its way from Glasgow to Irvine . Architecturally, it is based on the Norman style , which found a certain revival when the church was built. This manifests itself mainly in the elongated transept. The front is symmetrical, with the bell tower rising up in the middle. While the tower itself has a square floor plan, the spire tapers from an octagonal base.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information from the parish
  3. ↑ Information from the parish ( Memento from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Information on Bourock Parish Church

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Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '59.7 "  N , 4 ° 23' 42.2"  W.