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Bo'ness, Carriden Brae, Carriden Old Church
Church (18th Century), Clock Tower (19th Century)
Site Name Bo'ness, Carriden Brae, Carriden Old Church
Classification Church (18th Century), Clock Tower (19th Century)
Canmore ID 49613
Site Number NT08SW 9
NGR NT 01874 81226
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49613
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NT08SW 9.00 01874 81226
NT08SW 9.01 01899 81281 Carriden Parish Church
NT08SW 9.02 01887 81207 Churchyard
Built 1766 (replacing that at NT 0247 8078: NT08SW 42). Rubble-walled, it consists of a nave with a N transept in the middle; a tower at the E end and a vestry at the W were added in the 19th century. Now roofless. (The present parish church - NT08SW 9.1 - was built in 1909, at which time this church was abandoned and dismantled.)
T J Salmon 1913; H Scott 1915-61; G Hay 1957.
This church is ruinous and forms part of the present cemetery.
Visited by OS (BS) 11 March 1974.
REFERENCE:
PLANS:
Carriden Parish Church
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh alterations
Bin14, Bag 2 Peddie & Washington Browne 1905 - 1906
(Undated) information in NMRS.
T-plan simple Gothic roofless ruined church with 1863 2-stage clock tower to E with lucarned stone spire and session house (roofed) to W. Sandstone rubble to original church with ashlar dressings, squared and snecked sandstone to tower and session house. Graveyard mainly 18th, 19th and 20th century monuments including those to Dr John Roebuck and Admiral Sir James Hope.
A modern cemetery lies to the east. When the congregation for this church became too large Carriden Parish Church (see separate listing) immediately to the N was constructed in 1908-09 to provide extra seating. Peddie & Kinnear were commissioned to draw up plans in 1905-06 for the restoration of the old church, but these were not carried out. The old church was retained as a picturesque ruin. Admiral Sir James Hope and Dr J Roebuck are buried in the graveyard. Hope owned Carriden House (see separate listing) and was responsible for many improvements to Carriden Estate including the creation of the model village of Muirhouses. Dr J Roebuck rented nearby Kinneil House (see separate listing) from the Hamiltons and was founder of the renowned Carron Iron Works.(Historic Scotland)
Field Visit (August 1977)
Carriden Old Church NT 018 812 NT08SW 9
Church built in 1766; tower and vestry apparently added later. Abandoned
and partially dismantled when new church was built in 1909.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
Characterisation
This site falls within the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character (NT08SW 169), which was defined as part of the RCAHMS Urban Survey Programme 2013. Text relating to the historical development and topography, and present character of the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character can be viewed at site NT08SW 169.
Information from RCAHMS (LK), January 2014
