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Relief Church, West Road, Irvine

A Category B Listed Building in Irvine, North Ayrshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6146 / 55°36'52"N

Longitude: -4.6692 / 4°40'9"W

OS Eastings: 231990

OS Northings: 638900

OS Grid: NS319389

Mapcode National: GBR 38.M7MC

Mapcode Global: WH2P3.74TL

Plus Code: 9C7QJ87J+R8

Entry Name: Relief Church, West Road, Irvine

Listing Name: West Road, Former Relief United Presbyterian Church

Listing Date: 26 February 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379993

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35411

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Irvine, West Road, Relief Church

ID on this website: 200379993

Location: Irvine

County: North Ayrshire

Town: Irvine

Electoral Ward: Irvine West

Traditional County: Ayrshire

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Description

1773, enlarged circa 1800. Classical church. Rectangular plan with advanced, pedimented and pilastered section to front, flanking side porches. Brown rubble stone walls to nave. Grey/green, squared and snecked to front. Ashlar dressings. Base course. Entablature and pediment to front.

E ELEVATION: central tripartite window, flanking paired pilasters supporting simple pediment, entablature extends round sides with corner pilasters. Side porches; pilastered with entrance door to right porch and window to left porch, frieze and cornice above.

S ELEVATION: 4-bay nave with tall round arched windows. Porch advanced to right with pilasters frieze and cornice, aedicule blocked in. Pilaster set back in re-entrant angle above porch. Window blocked in. Entablature above continued from E facade.

N ELEVATION: symmetrical with S elevation, but window to porch.

W ELEVATION: recent extensions to rear not included in listing.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1996.

Windows blocked and boarded. Piended roofs in grey slate.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building not in use as such. Used by British Legion Club.

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