Ardrossan Church of the Nazarene
National Grid Reference (NGR): NS 23190 42500, map
Address
150 Glasgow StreetArdrossan
Ayrshire
KA22 8EU
Scotland
Also known as:
- Park Parish Church (1929)
- Ardrossan Park United Free Church (1900)
- Ardrossan United Presbyterian Church (1857)
Introduction
The church started as a United Presbyterian Church (Ardrossan UP Church) in 1857 to the design of Thomas Wallace. It is in Tudor Gothic style and is a simple hall/church orientated to the road in essentially east west. The rear hall was erected in red sandstone at the rear of the church in 1874/75. It is orientated east/west. In 1900 following the union with the Free Church of Scotland the church was renamed Ardrossan Park United Free Church and in 1929 following the union with the Church of Scotland it was renamed Ardrossan Park Church. In 1959 the congregation moved to the new church at Stanley Road and the building was sold to the Church of the Nazarene.
Description (exterior)
The west gable is in three bays separated by pilasters rising to a battlemented pediment entrance is set back from the carriageway. The pilasters have octagonal pinnacles with onion caps. The doorway is in simple rounded style with the top section in plain (radiating) glass panels. The windows are tall simple rounded style and leaded in a twin lancet pattern. In the centre at the top is a date stone crest (1857). At some point the masonry has been pebble-dashed and the dressings rendered. This continues round the sides and rear. On the sides the windows are tall round-topped with squared panes finishing twin lancet top panes. The two windows on the rear gable have been blocked up. A low pebble-dashed building connects to the red sandstone hall. Renovation work was carried out on the exterior in 2009.
Description (interior)
The interior was renovated in 2009 and a new heating system installed one year later.
I Holland 2017
People / Organisations:
| Name | Role | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Presbyterian Church | Denomination | 1857 | |
| Park United Free Church | Denomination | 1900 | |
| Park Parish Church | Denomination | 1929 | |
| Church of the Nazarene | Denomination | post 1959 | |
| Thomas Wallace | Architect | 1857 |
Events:
- Church: Build/construction (1857)
Manse built 1866 - Church: Addition (1874 to 187)
School added to rear of church5. When schools taken over by local school boards then it was converted to a hall - United with Free Church of Scotland (1900)
- United with the Church of Scotland (1929)
- Manse replaced (1942)
New manse purchased - Taken over by Church of the Nazarene (1959)
- Church: Renovations (2009)
- New heating installed (2010)
Archive References:
| Name | Reference | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Screen Archive - Online database | Reference: 5243 | ||
| Canmore - Online database | View Canmore Report Online: View Canmore Report Online: 205152 | ||
| Historic Scotland Listed Building Reports - Online database | View HS Listing Online: LB21325 | Listed C(S) | |
| Church of the Nazarene | Reference: www.nazarene-ardrossan.co.uk | Church History |
Bibliographic References:
| Name | Author | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayrshire & Arran - An Illustrated Architectural Guide | Rob Close | 1992 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
| Ayrshire - Third Statistical Account of Scotland | Strawhorn & Boyd | 1951 | Oliver & Boyd |
| Ardrossan Burgh 150th Anniversary | 1996 | North Ayr Museum | |
| Buildings of Scotland - Ayrshire and Arran | Rob Close & Anne Riches | 2012 | Yale University Press |
| History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church - 1733 to 1900 Vol 2 (Reprint 2014) | Robert Small | 1904 | Ulan Press |
| The Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929 | John Alexander Lamb (Ed) | 1956 | Oliver & Boyd |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - 1929 -1954 - Vol IX | John Alexander Lamb | 1954 | Oliver & Boyd |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - 1955 -1975 - Vol X | Donald Farquhar Macleod Macdonald | 1976 | St Andrew's Press |
