Church Overview

The building was originally bult for the Free Church of Scotland and was completed in 1853 when its bell and clocks were installed. In 1900 the church became part of the United Free Church of Scotland and, at the union of of the United Free Church with the Church of Scotland in 1929, it became part of the Church of Scotland, renamed as Ladywell Church.

During World War II military personnel were billeted in the church hall and a fire broke out in the church. The church reopened in September 1941. New housing developments in Bannockburn led to the Ladywell congregation leaving their building and becoming a church extension charge in the Hillpark housing scheme. A neighbouring congregation, Murrayfield United Free Church, who were short of hall accommodation in their own building, took over the Ladywell building in 1958.

With a gallery on three sides, its interior was renovated to produce a more open chancel area in the early 2000s. The baptismal font was also a memorial to those who died in World War II. Its former congregation produced a full history in 2009 and published it on their website here, the congregation moved out in 2022 and sold the building at auction.

CHURCH NOW CLOSED TO PUBLIC – AUCTIONED IN JAN 2024

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