United Reformed Church (Bathgate)
The United Reformed Church , also Evangelical Union Congerational and United Reformed Church , is a Reformed church building in the Scottish city of Bathgate in the Council Area West Lothian . In 2006 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Monument Category C. The church is still in use as such.
history
The history of the parish can be traced back to the year 1742. That year a church was built near Craigmailen Farm (between Bathgate and Linlithgow ). After the rather provisional church had to be renovated in 1807, it was decided, as a large part of the congregation came from either Bathgate or Linlithgow, to split up the congregation. In the same year, a church building was built on the site of today's, which Robert Morison led as parish priest from 1812. He was followed by his son James , whose son in turn preached an undesirable interpretation of atonement in 1841, which led to his expulsion from the church. Together with his father, James Morison founded the Evangelical Union in Kilmarnock in May 1843 .
From 1893, donations were collected for the construction of today's church building. It was built to a design by the Scottish architect James Graham Fairley and opened its doors on August 15, 1895. In the same year the merger of the community with the Congregational Union of Scotland was suggested, which was finally carried out in January 1897. In 1994 the congregation was incorporated into the United Reformed Church . In order to refer to its roots, however, it is listed under the full name "Evangelical Union Congerational and United Reformed Church".
description
The United Reformed Church is on Marjoribanks Street east of central Bathgate. The brickwork of the neo-Gothic building consists of gray sandstone . It has an elongated plan and closes with a saddle roof from which is covered with gray slate. The two-winged, wooden entrance portal is on the street side on the west side. It is designed with eyelashes and is flanked by two small lancet windows. There is a large tracery above ; another can be found on the opposite east side. Two small corner towers with an octagonal floor plan frame the gable side. They are designed with blind lancet windows and arched friezes and close with a pointed helmet and peg . The eaves side, pointed arched lead glass windows date from 1901 and 1920.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Network presence of the parish
- ↑ a b Information from the parish ( memento of the original from July 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 10.5 " N , 3 ° 38 ′ 13.8" W.