Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

WEST PORTLAND STREET, SEAGATE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, FORMER BETHANY CHAPELLB42158

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
14/04/1971
Local Authority
South Ayrshire
Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Burgh
Troon
NGR
NS 31958 30919
Coordinates
231958, 630919

Description

Circa 1847 with later additions and alterations. 4-bay, rectangular plan church with symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical frontispiece to street (recessed at centre); single storey, single bay addition to outer right; modern hall at rear. Coursed, painted render; contrasting painted dressings. Raised base course; cill course at 1st floor; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; blocking course. Narrow strip quoins; painted margins; pilastered entrance; projecting cills at ground. Harled side elevations; polished dressings.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; surrounding doorpiece comprising stop chamfered pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in flanking bays; boarded timber opening in flat-roofed addition to outer right.

NE AND SW (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: regularly fenestrated in all bays.

Opaque, border-glazed windows to West Portland Street; small-paned glazing to NE elevation; stained glass to SW. Grey slate piended roof to frontispiece; pitched hall at rear; replacement rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: modernised. Columnar supports to 3-sided boarded timber gallery accessed from vestibule (stone-treaded stair). Original timber pews in gallery; replacement chairs at ground. Modern timber dado boarding; replacement doors; false ceilings; plain cornices.

Statement of Special Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Erected by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, the building was sold to former trustees in the late 19th century and later used as a public hall (see Ordnance Survey map, 1909). In October 1991, the current congregation renamed the building Seagate Evangelical Church, recalling the original street name (Seagate having preceded West Portland Street).

References

Bibliography

Appears on Ordnance Survey maps, 1857, 1896; Valuation Roll, Kyle District, Ayrshire, Dundonald Parish, 1901-02; Strathclyde Regional Archives ATD6/10; M McEwan TROON MEMORIES (1996) p9.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

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