Struthers Memorial Church

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Title

Struthers Memorial Church

Description

The foundation stone for the new Falkirk Town Mission was laid on 10th September 1898. Amazingly, almost all of the money for it, about £1600, was raised at a grand bazaar in the Town Hall that year.

The original plans by Alexander Gauld were modified when the mission was given a bell from Falkirk Steeple – the tower was provided with a louvred belfry instead of a dome. The church has a horseshoe balcony, reached by a stair in the tower. A library (now a crèche) and meeting rooms were placed to the front of the building.

The Town Mission closed its doors for the last time in March 1985. On 12th December 1986 they re-opened as the Struther’s Memorial Church and remain so to this day.

Source

falkirk

Date

1899

Type

Museum

Identifier

2045

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Struthers Memorial Church

Place

Falkirk

IsNewThisYear

Yes

ArchitectName

Alexander Gauld

AddressLine2

1 Mission Lane

OpeningDate1

19/9/2015

OpeningTime1

10 am to 4 pm

WC

No

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

13252

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

FK1 1PN

Citation

“Struthers Memorial Church,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/2043.

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