Brucefield Parish Church, Whitburn

Brucefield Parish Church, Whitburn

Denomination: Church of Scotland
Address: 62 East Main Street , Whitburn , EH47 0RD
Local Authority: West Lothian
Listing: A
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Church Overview

Designed by the firm of Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul, Brucefield represents the very best of post-war church design. It was one of a select number of commissions for the Church of Scotland which was emphatically modernist. It links to a former Free Church of 1857, now a hall.

Principal architect William Kininmonth and project architect Tom Duncan designed the church as a courtyard around an enclosed garden. The main sanctuary and connecting corridor were built between 1965 and 1966, with a swept and recessed entrance providing as strinking visual focus to the corner of the site.

The interior is of high quality, reflecting the contemporary taste for Scandinavian design, with architect- designed furniture including pews, pulpit and font. The open plan design signified the prevalent move away from the traditional hierarchical form of worship during this era, following the fashion of the Liturgical Movement.

Services

Sunday 11.00 am

Opening Arrangements

Open by arrangement

Access for partially abled  Induction loop for the deaf   Disabled WC

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Brucefield Parish Church, Whitburn

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