West Calder , Old Parish Church And Graveyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 23/02/1998 Supplementary Information Updated 31/08/2021 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority West Lothian Parish West Calder NGR NT 01767 63090 Coordinates 301767, 663090 — The monument consists of a ruinous and roofless post-Reformation Parish Church. It is dated 1643 by a carved stone in the west gable. The structure is an oblong building built of coursed rubble with later buttresses along the N and S facing walls to secure the original walls. The building has round-headed windows and doorways. The fireplace in, and the stairway to, the Laird's Loft can still be clearly seen. The church served the parish of West Calder from 1646 to 1880 whereafter it was replaced by a new church and fell into disrepair. The area to be scheduled includes the remains of the upstanding church in its entirety together with an area of ground within, under and outwith these visible remains, bounded by a line with a variable distance not less than 3m out from the upstanding walls. The burial ground, apart from that which is included in the above area of ground around the remains, is excluded from the scheduling. Any lairs for which burial rights exist at the date of scheduling are also excluded. The area to be scheduled is subrectangular in shape with maximum dimensions of 14m N-S by 30m E-W as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.