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Bathgate, Livery Street, Church Of The Immaculate Conception
Chapel (19th Century) - (20th Century), Church (Early 20th Century) (1908), Presbytery (20th Century)
Site Name Bathgate, Livery Street, Church Of The Immaculate Conception
Classification Chapel (19th Century) - (20th Century), Church (Early 20th Century) (1908), Presbytery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Roman Catholic Chapel; Church Of The Immaculate Conception Presbytery
Canmore ID 275216
Site Number NS96NE 134
NGR NS 97445 69009
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275216
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Livery Street, 1907-8, Charles Menart
Soaring confection on the site of the 1822 Seceders' Kirk, the west façade framed by twin pinnacles focused upon a twin entrance, heavily cusped and carved in ashlar. Large aisled church within, a rich Gothic sanctuary. Altar of Sienna marble. Baptism of Christ window in the baptistry, 1959, by William Wilson. Livery Street houses and cottages were largely redeveloped, from 1977, by Gordon Duncan Somerville. Three-storey harled and slated flats and houses with excellent landscaping, rather vernacular in such a town centre location. Compare Roberts & Paul's 1960s flats in Marjoribanks Street, and Wilson & Wilson's 1950s flats in Drumcross Road.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
