Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Greenock HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 10 am to 3 pm OpeningDate1 31/8/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12103 Refreshments No Street The street address 9 Nelson Street Postcode PA15 1TP Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greenock - Westburn Parish Church Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived inverclyde Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2824 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.94907,-4.767004; Description An account of the resource <div>The Church building is of special interest as it is has Grade A listing. The present building has been used for public worship since 1841. In 1855, the steeple was added to the Church structure. In 1912, Honeyman, Keppie &amp; Rose built a chancel in the form of a semicircular apse, with rich oak furnishings including a pulpit and organ case. At this time, an organ built by Binns of Leeds was installed. The chancel area has three stained glass panels which were designed by Douglas Strachan. The colours are wonderfully vibrant especially the reds, blues and purples. </div><div> </div><div>Over the years, union and re-adjustment has been ongoing. As a result of this, the church building has changed its name several times – ‘The West Kirk’, The Old Kirk’, ‘St. Luke’s’ and now the Westburn Church. Over the past few years, extensive refurbishment has been carried out with an Audio Visual system having recently been installed. </div><div></div> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1841