Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Free Church Mission Hall, Uphall | Town, district or village: | Uphall | City or county: | West Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Uphall Free Church dated from 1894, when a mission was begun in the village by Broxburn FC. In 1897 it joined a local United Presbyterian mission to form Uphall FC, which was sanctioned in 1898. It passed successively to the United Free Church, with a new church building opened in 1926, and to the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Uphall South. The Church of Scotland charge is in the presbytery of West Lothian (formerly Bathgate) and was in the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale until the abolition of synods in 1993.
New church was built on the same site- in front of the old mission hall. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Church Hall | | |  | Parish Church Mission Hall | | |  | Uphall Free Church | | |  | Uphall UF Church | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Mission hall | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1894 | | Build/construction | |  | 7 January 1894 | | Opened | |  | 1896 | | Design exhibited | |
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 |  | James Graham Fairley | Architect | | 1894 | | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p461 |  | RSA | 1896 | | | | 488 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Edinburgh Evening News | 7 January 1894 | | | p4. Opening. |  | West Lothian Courier | 26 August 1893 | | | p4 |  | West Lothian Courier | 2 September 1893 | | | p5 |  | West Lothian Courier | 13 January 1894 | | | p5. Sketch of new church |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of Uphall South Church History Group | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent June 2016. (Information from church booklet) |  | Courtesy of Uphall South Church History Group | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent June 2016 |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 9206 | |
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