St Andrew's West

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Location Falkirk Denomination Church of Scotland Opened 1896 Status Parish church Designated as world heritage site 23 April 1979		Country Scotland Website www.standrewswest.org Phone +44 1324 622091 Dedication Andrew the Apostle

Previous denomination Free Church of ScotlandUnited Free Church of Scotland Former name(s) Free Church of FalkirkSt. Andrew's United Free ChurchSt. Andrew's Parish Church Address Upper Newmarket Street, Falkirk FK1 1JH, United Kingdom Architectural style English Gothic architecture Similar Falkirk Old Parish Church, Church of Scotland, Falkirk Grahamston railway st, Falkirk Wheel

St. Andrew's West Parish Church is the largest church in Falkirk, Scotland, founded in 1843 and situated in the town centre on Upper Newmarket Street and known for its conservative evangelical preaching, aligning itself with the Forward Together group and the Evangelical Alliance. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.

Originally known as the Free Church of Falkirk, from 1900 it became St. Andrew's United Free Church, and with the union of the Church of Scotland became St. Andrew's Parish Church in 1929. In 1990 the Church merged with the West Church.

The present Gothic building was built in 1896 at a cost of £8,100 to designs by architect James Strang, to whom a memorial window was erected in the church. It is protected as a category C(s) listed building.

The Manse is a Victorian house located in Maggiewoods Loan, Falkirk. The Manse tennis courts were sold in the 1990s.

Ministers

Rev Lewis H Irving, BD (1843–1877)

Rev Hugh Mair, BD (1877–1883)

Rev Dr Thomas Adamson, DD (1884–1888)

Rev James B Johnston, BD, FRHistS (1888–1928)

Rev Alexander Ferguson, BD (1928–1939)

Rev William Soutar, BD (1939–1951)

Rev Robert Pollock, BD (1951–1971)

Rev Dr Robert McGhee, DD (1972–1996)

Rev Alistair M Horne, BSc, BD (1997- )

References

St Andrew's West Wikipedia

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