Millburn Church
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The Millburn Church is a neo-Gothic church ruins in the Scottish city of Renton in West Dunbartonshire . It consisted of a long building with a transept and a bell tower at the end of the nave above the entrance area. In 1985 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.
history
The building was opened in 1845 after two years of construction as a church building for the Free Church of Scotland , which was built in 1843 . For a long time it was assumed that it was built to a design by the architect John Thomas Rochead . Stylistically there are parallels to the architecture of the Wallace Monument , which Rochead planned. Today the church building is more likely to be attributed to George Meikle Kemp . The bell tower, in particular, had numerous details from the Scott Monument designed by Kemp. Since Kemp died in 1844, it would be the last building by the important architect and for this reason it would be of architectural historical interest. Although several church buildings already existed in Renton and the surrounding area at that time, the only cemetery in the village was beyond Millburn Church.
Millburn Church was abandoned in the second half of the 20th century. A planned demolition in 1984 was prevented by the intervention of the monument authorities, which placed the building under monument protection. As the state was only to contribute 30% of the estimated restoration costs of £ 100,000, the work was initially postponed. In 1990, the deteriorating condition of the building was first pointed out and the church was included in the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. Four years later, the roof partially collapsed and in December 2006 the bell tower collapsed during a storm. In 2009 the West Dunbartonshire government requested the complete demolition of the ruin. The application was withdrawn two years later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the community association Vale of Leven
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Millburn Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′ 33.7 " N , 4 ° 35 ′ 6.2" W.