Basic Site Details
| Name: | St Sophia's RC Church and presbytery house |
| Town, district or village: | Galston |
| City or county: | Ayrshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | See separate entry for Anderson's unexecuted designs for St Patrick's RC Church, Troon, to which this relates. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Church | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1885 | First turf cut | ||
| 1886 | |||
| 24 December 1886 | Opened | ||
| 2002 | 2003 | Restoration | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | A | 1884 | 1886 | ||
| Wardrop & Anderson | A | 1884 | 1886 | ||
| Robert Weir Schultz | D | 1884 | 1886 | As assistant to Anderson may have had a hand in the design. | |
| William Iain Munro | C | 2002 | 2003 | Restoration | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p329 | |
| Hannah, Rosemary | 2003 | St Sophia's Church, Galston, the vast space of the interior | v46 | Architectural History, v46, 2003, p255-268 | p259 onwards |
| Hannah, Rosemary | 2021 | The Grand Designer: Third Marquis of Bute | Birlinn | p215-6 | |
| Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | p12 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Weekly Supplement & Advertiser for Galston… | 31 December 1886 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | ||
| Mount Stuart | Bute Archives | Several letters from Lord Bute to Lady Bute | |