Freeland Church, Bridge Of Weir

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/05/1986 Local Authority Renfrewshire Planning Authority Renfrewshire Parish Kilbarchan NGR NS 38771 65615 Coordinates 238771, 665615 — 1826 simple rectangular-plan church begun; 1857 front hall added (gift of G S Freeland). 1912 interior extensively recast, porch, gallery stair and choir added, windows lengthened and given round-arched heads later halls added to rear of choir. Rubble-built with tooled ashlar dressings and angle margins; slate roofs. Original church with steep pyramidal roof and ventilator. Lower hall added to SW with shallow projection facing the road crowned with birdcage bellcote, round-arched window at ground repeated by side elevations. Porch with round-arched door SE re-entrant angle with apsidal gallery stair projection. Plain interior with gallery on SE wall. 2 memorial windows 1931 and 1938. — The congregation has its roots in the Secession Church. In 1747 it adhered to the Burgher Party and when seceders further split they took up the cause of the "Auld Lient Burghers" in 1799. In 1839 joined with the Established church, but in 1843 came out with the Free Church. Because the building was under a mortgage of $400 it was put up for sale, purchased by Robt. Freelan of Gryffe Castle and given to the congregation. In 1900 the Free Church joined with the UP church to form the UF church and re-united with the Church of Scotland in 1929.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.