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St John's Evangelical Church, Union Road, Linlithgow

A Category C Listed Building in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9751 / 55°58'30"N

Longitude: -3.6071 / 3°36'25"W

OS Eastings: 299805

OS Northings: 676959

OS Grid: NS998769

Mapcode National: GBR 1R.WKMM

Mapcode Global: WH5R8.K2KQ

Plus Code: 9C7RX9GV+35

Entry Name: St John's Evangelical Church, Union Road, Linlithgow

Listing Name: Union Road, St John's Evangelical Church

Listing Date: 16 March 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382610

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37505

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382610

Location: Linlithgow

County: West Lothian

Town: Linlithgow

Electoral Ward: Linlithgow

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

1840. Plain, symmetrical, 3-bay, rectangular-plan church. Cream sandstone rubble, squarted and coursed to S elevation. Base and cill courses, round-headed openings with splayed reveals, raised margins. Clasping buttresses to corners, corbelled eaves to side elevations.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay gable facade; doorpiece to centre with diamond-pane fanlight, boarded 2-leaf doors, low projecting walls framing steps to entrance ending in octagonal pillars; entrance flanked by windows. Group of 3 windows above entrance, taller window to centre flanked by blind outer bays. Plaque above inscribed 'CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL 1840'. Loop window over.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3 bays divided by strip pilasters; group of 3 windows to centre, windows to outer bays.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: mirror image of E wing.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: gabled with 2 windows.

Mostly diamond-pane glazing pattern, multi-pane fixed glazing to N bay to each side elevation. Grey slate roof; ashlar coped skews and buttresses, apex stone to gables.

INTERIOR: not seen 1990.

BOUNDARY WALL: low surrounding sandstone rubble wall, squared sandstone octagonal pier to left with ashlar cap, cast-iron railing to left.

Statement of Interest

Formerly the Congregational Chapel, built in 1840 at a cost of $700.

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