Clark Memorial Church
The Clark Memorial Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Largs in the council area of North Ayrshire . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The church is still in use as such.
history
The parish is a founding of the small Christian denomination Burgher Presbytery of Glasgow and goes back to the year 1780. Initially, the services were held in a simple, thatched house before a church building was built in 1826. This has been preserved to this day. The congregation later merged to form the United Secession Synod , which merged in 1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland . At the beginning of the 1890s, the industrialist John Clark from Paisley donated funds for a new church. The building was completed in 1892 after three years of construction and named after its founder. In 1900 the United Presbyterian Church merged with the Free Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of Scotland , which in turn became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929.
description
The neo-Gothic structure is in the center of Largs at the intersection of Bath Street and Church Street . St John's Church is just south . The architect William Kerr from Paisley was responsible for the planning . The sides are designed with pointed arched windows and are seven axes wide. There is a large tracery of five lancet windows on the west gable , which is flanked by Moses (left) and Johannes reliefs (right) on the building edges. There is a large leaded glass window on the east side . A sacristy and a parish hall are connected to the southeast side. The three-story bell tower on the south side is connected to the church body by a semi-octagonal structure. The pointed arch portal with decorated cornices is located there . Pointed arcades with five arches on each side run around it. There are high lancet twin windows on all sides. The tower closes with an octagonal helmet with pointed arches . Small corner turrets rise up at the base of the helmet.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
- Entry on Clark Memorial Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '37.1 " N , 4 ° 52' 11.7" W.