Boghall Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 30/05/2022 Supplementary Information Updated 19/01/2024 Local Authority West Lothian Planning Authority West Lothian NGR NS 99550 68558 Coordinates 299550, 668558 A distinctive Modernist parish church with an unusual saddle-shaped roof. Built between 1963-65 for the Church of Scotland to the designs of Wheeler & Sproson. The double height sanctuary is kite-shaped on plan and is lit by a decorative clerestory of coloured glass panels. A glazed, L-plan entrance foyer connects to the east (the Hall of Fellowship). The church is located on an open site at the centre of Boghall, a post-war housing scheme near Bathgate. The building remains in use as a place of worship (2022). — Description A distinctive Modernist parish church with an unusual saddle-shaped roof. Built between 1963-65 for the Church of Scotland to the designs of Wheeler & Sproson. The double height sanctuary is kite-shaped on plan and is lit by a decorative clerestory of coloured glass panels. A glazed, L-plan entrance foyer connects to the east (the Hall of Fellowship). The church is located on an open site at the centre of Boghall, a post-war housing scheme near Bathgate. The building remains in use as a place of worship (2022). The roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid (saddle-shaped), rising to a point at the northeast and southwest corners. The opposite two corners slope downwards and are anchored to the ground by pairs of splayed, reinforced concrete abutments. Originally there was a cantilevered bellcote over the northeast corner but this was removed in 2003 (West Lothian Council). The church is brick-built with roughcast walls. The upper walls are lit by a clerestory of plain and coloured glazing in a geometric design, which gives the appearance that the roof is floating above the wall

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.