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Dalkeith, Old Edinburgh Road, Buccleuch Church
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Dalkeith, Old Edinburgh Road, Buccleuch Church
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Church
Canmore ID 211694
Site Number NT36NW 252
NGR NT 32965 67293
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211694
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Dalkeith
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Architect: William Burn 1837
The West Church was recorded by the Threatened Buildings Survey initially in 1991 after it had closed as a place of worship. It later became the workshop of Charles Taylor Woodwork and this survey was prompted by the closure of this interesting re-use of a church building.
The West or Buccleuch Church was designed by William Burn and completed in 1840. Walter Francis 5th Duke of Buccleuch gifted the site, built the church and endowed it. It accommodated the expanding congregation of the Old Parish Church and was created a parish quoad sacra in 1853. The organ, stained glass windows and memorial plaques were removed after the closure with planning permission and re located to the Old Parish Church in 1991.
Charles Taylor Woodwork made some alterations including the insertion of a mezzanine and the creation of offices with glazed internal walls in the original ‘chancel’.
Publication Account (1998)
Built in 1840 to a design of William Burn, it is indicative of the growing population of the town in the nineteenth century. The growing congregation in the parish church of St Nicholas had put pressure on the inadequate accommodation, and so the fifth duke of Buccleuch gifted the site and built and endowed the church.
Information from ‘Historic Dalkeith: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1998).
