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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Irvine
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

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.

Architecture Notes

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.

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