Ardrossan, Arran Place, Barony Church Of Scotland
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Ardrossan, Arran Place, Barony Church Of Scotland
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Church Place; Princes Street; New Ardrossan Parish Church
Canmore ID 205028
Site Number NS24SW 82
NGR NS 23173 42010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/205028
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Ardrossan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24SW 82.00 23173 42010
Barony Church [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
NS24SW 82.01 NS 23152 41998 Barony Church, Hall
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Robert Black & Salmon, Glasgow 1844.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Gothic. Rectangular plan church with gables to east and west and elaborate, projecting eastern tower and spire. Polished yellow sandstone at east, rubble side elevations. Central door under pointed head at east. Triple light window above, central light having 2 lancets and trefoil tracery. Shallow gables to 1st stage of tower with square clock tower rising from the centre. Clasping buttresses, capped with gabletted pinnacles at all angles giving lively silhouette. Facetted spire with 2 tiers of lucarnes on 4 faces. Ship weathervane. Body of church, 6 bays with pointed arched windows, Y astragals and window margins. Slate roof.
New Parish Church superseding the old church at Saltcoats. Cost £3,000 in 1889, alterations by James Ritchie 1909. Font and communication table P Macgregor Chalmers. ( Historic Scotland)
