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Irvine, Kirkgate, Irvine Old Parish Church
Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Irvine, Kirkgate, Irvine Old Parish Church
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkgate Square; Kirk Vennel; Riverside Walk; Peden Place
Canmore ID 41944
Site Number NS33NW 38
NGR NS 32205 38672
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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DP 031032
Oblique aerial view centred on the Church with the churchyard adjacent, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/5/2007
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Church with the churchyard adjacent, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064527
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'I was a stranger and ye took me in'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'Suffer little children'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. 1st floor, sailors' loft commemorative plaque
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. 1st floor, view from W
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064563
Interior. Stained glass window, detail of manufacturer's name W. & J.J. Kier, Glasgow
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. Ground floor, detail of bronze shield
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064569
View from E
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1878733
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878739
Woman of Capernaum, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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SC 1878745
Organ, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878746
Pew detail with Fisher of Men window in background, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 2534305
View from ENE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/3/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 031034
Oblique aerial view centred on the Church with the churchyard adjacent, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/5/2007
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DP 064521
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'Christ at the Closed Door'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064528
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'Naked and ye clothed me'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064535
Interior. 1st floor, sailors' loft, memorial plaque to Bryce Gulliland
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064540
Interior. 1st floor, memorial plaque to John Ferguson Esquire
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. 1st floor, The Burgh stained glass windowwindow
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064545
Model of church
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064573
View from cemetery to SE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064574
View from SSE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 213263
Oblique aerial view of Irvine Old Parish Church, looking E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
21/4/2015
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SC 1878728
James Armour memorial window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878729
James Armour memorial window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878735
Organ, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878743
Pulpit Detail, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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DP 064520
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'Fishers of Men'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064525
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'I was an hungered, and ye gave me drink'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064529
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'I was sick and ye visited me'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064547
Interior. Ground floor, view from N
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064566
View from SSE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064567
View from SSE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064576
View from W
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1878727
Organ, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878740
Woman of Samaria window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878758
Irvine Old Parish Church, Kirkgate, Irvine, Ayrshire
Scottish Development Department
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DP 031036
Oblique aerial view centred on the Church with the churchyard adjacent, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064519
Interior. Ground floor, sample patterned stained glass window
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064523
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'Christ and his Disciples'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'I was thirsty and ye gave me drink'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064533
1st floor, stained glass window showing the 'The Nativity' at Irvine Old Parish Church, Kirkgate.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064537
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'The sermon on the mount'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064554
Interior. General view of ceiling from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064558
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to David Frew
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064559
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to Captain Harry Sherwood Ranken V.C.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064561
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to Helen Morton
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064571
General view through gate piers to E
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064577
Spire, view from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064579
Spire, view from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1878731
Marion Dunlop Rowatt and Janet Miller memorial window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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SC 1878741
Fishers of Men window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878749
Ceiling Rose, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878750
Memorial to Bryce Gulliland, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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DP 064516
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'The Good Samaritan'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064517
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'The woman of Capernaum'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064518
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'The Woman of Samaria'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064530
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'I was in prison and you came unto me'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064532
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'Faith, Hope, Love'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064541
Interior. 1st floor, Burns commemorative window
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064552
Interior. 1st floor, view from W
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064555
Interior. View of ceiling from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064575
Tower, view from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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SC 1878726
Font, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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SC 1878736
Memorial to Andrew Cunningham, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 2534304
View from WNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/3/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 031035
Oblique aerial view centred on the Church with the churchyard adjacent, taken from the NNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064538
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'Moses'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064542
Interior. 1st floor, The Burgh stained glass window
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064548
Interior. Ground floor, view from N
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064549
Interior. View of organ
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064556
Interior. Plan view of ceiling rose
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064572
View from cemetery to SE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064580
Detail of carved panel set into wall by SW entrance
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1500703
View from WNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/3/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1500704
View from ENE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/3/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1878747
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878748
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
DP 064531
Interior. 1st floor, sample patterned stained glass window
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064539
Interior. 1st floor, stained glass window 'Boaz and Ruth'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064544
Interior. 1st floor, The Rev. Alexander Macara memorial window
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064546
Interior. Ground floor, view from N
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064550
Interior. 1st floor, view from E
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064560
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to Rev. Henry Ranken B.D.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064568
View from SE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064578
Detail of clock on SW face of tower
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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SC 1878732
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
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SC 1878737
Memorial to David Frew, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878742
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 1878768
Interior, Irvine Old Parish Church Hall, Kirkgate, Irvine, Ayrshire
Scottish Development Department
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SC 2423548
Irvine, Kirkgate, Irvine Old Parish Church, NS33NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
DP 064522
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'The Shepherds'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064524
Interior. Ground floor, stained glass window 'Jairus' Daughter'
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064553
Interior. 1st floor, view from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064557
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to Andrew Cunninghame
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064562
Interior. Ground floor, memorial plaque to Alexander Longmuir
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
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DP 064565
View from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064570
Spire, view from E
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/9/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1878730
Christ and His Disciples window, Irvine Old Parish Church, Irvine
Scottish Development Department
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Irvine
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS33NW 38.00 32205 38672
Irvine Old Parish Church [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
NS33NW 38.01 Centred NS 32177 38638 Churchyard
Church built 1774 partly on the site of its predecessor, various repairs up to 1830. Tombstones in burial-ground date back to 1596 and include that of Covenanters James Blackwood and John McCoull, executed in 1666. The stone marking the grave was erected in 1823.
Pais Reg 1832; NSA 1845; J Gibson 1881; J Thomson 1903; H Scott 1915-61; R Reid 1919; A McJannet 1938; G Hay 1957; I B Cowan 1967; A S Horne and J B Hardie 1974; A T Simpson and S Stevenson 1980.
NS33NW 38.00 32205 38672
NS33NW 38.01 32177 38638 Churchyard
NMRS REFERENCE
NMRS Microfilm & Microfiche Collection
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS WITHIN CUNNINGHAME DISTRICT
copyright: Cunninghame District Council
acc.no. 1990/57
Reels 4 - 6 (Irvine Area), accompanied by index on microfiche
Large classical box church with elegant steeple by David Muir 1772-4. Interior has fine C19 stained glass, some by the Keir family and a modern window dedicated to Burns who worshipped in the church when resident in Irvine. Interior underwent repair and restoration at least twice in the C19.
Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publications.
RCAHMS 2009.
