United Free Church and Churchyard, Church Street, Lochwinnoch

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 10/06/1971 Local Authority Renfrewshire Planning Authority Renfrewshire Parish Lochwinnoch NGR NS 35421 58667 Coordinates 235421, 658667 — Built 1792. Octagonal-plan church, with 3-stage square tower at north east completed 1815. Rubble-built, with ashlar dressings and north east face of tower. Tower has door with round-headed fanlight, band course and moulded string course at impost level, scrolled wrought-iron lamp bracket above. Louvered opening under pointed arch and hood-moulded to 2nd stage with continuous cill band. 3rd stage has chamfered angles, hood-moulded, pointed-headed blind openings with cill band. Corbelled and crenellated parapet above, and pinnacles at angles. Body of church: windows altered 1823. Blocked pointed-headed openings at ground level below pointed-headed gallery windows on south and east faces, single tall pointed-headed window to each other face. Eaves band, and faceted slate roof. Low, later 19th century session house and hall to south west has pointed windows. Interior: mostly re-fitted later in 19th century: gallery has panelled front with clock; approached by 2 flights of steps with decorative cast-iron balusters. Pulpit also approached by 2 flights of steps. Churchyard enclosed by rubble wall; round gatepiers with flat conical caps. — James Orr, James Connol John Young were responsible for mason work, while Samuel Henning (of Paisley Middle Church) did the carpentry and erected the gallery to the plan of James Stevenson.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.