Wellpark Mid Kirk, Greenock
Address: Cathcart Square , Greenock , PA15 1LS
Local Authority: Inverclyde
Listing: A
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Church Overview
Known affectionately as ‘The Toon Kirk’, Wellpark Mid Kirk is home to a lively congregation which cherishes its building, a handsome classical church with an Ionic portico and steeple modelled on St Martin-in-the-Fields. The design for the façade was supplied by Lord Cathcart (apparently obtained in Bristol), the designer of the body of the church was apparently James Ewing.
The church was built in 1760, the steeple in 1787. The building was refurbished in 1878 and again in 2000. The interior has galleries on three sides and a pipe organ of 1867, which was fully restored in 2008. Only two of its historic stained glass windows survived the Luftwaffe bombing raids on Greenock during World War Two, these were restored in 1951 when two new magnificent windows by Douglas Hamilton were also installed on either side of the pulpit. Several memorials and interesting marbles are also to be seen inside the church.
Services
Sunday 11.00 am
Opening Arrangements
Open Thursday & Friday 10 am – 1 pm or by arrangement
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