Basic Site Details Name: | Helensburgh Free Church | Town, district or village: | Helensburgh | City or county: | Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £2,300.
Glazier: John Cairney | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Helensburgh Parish Church | | |  | West Established Church | | in 1892 |  | West Free Church | Yes | |  | West Kirk | Yes | |  | West Parish Church | | |  | West UF Church | | from 1900 to 1929 |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Colquhoun Square | Yes | |  | John Street | Yes | Address of 1892 hall |  | West King Street | Yes | Address of 1892 hall |  | West Princes Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1852 | 1853 | | Original building |  | 30 March 1852 | | | Designs approved (version with spire costing £2,300 chosen, in preference to version with tower costing £2,660) |  | 1879 | | | Session House |  | 1892 | | | Redecoration and addition of porch |  | 16 May 1892 | | | New hall for managers - plans dated |  | 6 October 1924 | | | Restoration after fire - plans dated |  | 1994 | | | Managers' hall demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | J, W H & J M Hay ('The Hays of Liverpool') | Architectural practice | A | 1852 | 1853 | Original building |  | James Murdoch Hay | Architect | A | 1852 | 1853 | Original building |  | John Hay | Architect | A | 1852 | 1853 | Original building |  | Thomas Bonnar | Builder | A | 1852 | 1853 | Builder, selected by Hays of Liverpool |  | William Hardie Hay | Architect | A | 1852 | 1853 | Original building |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | C | 1879 | | Session House |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | C | 1879 | | Session House |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | C | 1879 | | Session House |  | William Leiper | Architect | | 1892 | | Redecoration; addition of porch; new hall for managers |  | George Andrew Paterson | Architect | B | 1923 | | Design for chancel - addition, or redecoration after fire (design only) |  | John Stewart | Architect | B | 1923 | | Design for chancel - addition, or redecoration after fire (design only) |  | Stewart & Paterson | Architectural practice | B | 1923 | | Design for chancel - addition, or redecoration after fire (design only) |  | Robert Wemyss | Architect | | 1924 | | Restoration after fire |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | McDonald, William (ed) | 1999 | Burgh of Helensburgh Dean of Guild Court Records 1875-1975 | | Argyll & Bute Council Library & Information Service and Argyll & Bute Archives | |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1923 | | | | 794 (Stewart & Paterson work) |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1925 | | | | 171 (Stewart & Paterson - chancel) |  | RSA | 1924 | | | | 570 (Stewart & Paterson - chancel) |  | Walker, David M | 2002 | Presbyterian Variations on Themes by Sharpe and Pugin:The Scottish Work of the Hays of Liverpool | | Architectural Heritage XIII, Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, pp99-127 | p104 |  | Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p272 ( Session House), p273 |  | Walker, Frank Arneil and Sinclair, Fiona | 1992 | North Clyde estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | p70 |  | Wemyss, Robert | 1925 | The Church in the Square: a history of the West United Free Church, Helensburgh | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | RIBA Journal | 26 August 1916 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Leiper p304 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Argyll & Bute Council Archives | Helensburgh Dean of Guild | | 10/1892; 20/1924 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 34766 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Prints of original drawings |  | Practice Archive dispersed | Stewart & Paterson Office List of Drawings from A G Lochhead (per Alexander Wright) | | |
|