Basic Site Details | Name: | RC Chapel | | Town, district or village: | Grangemouth | | City or county: | Stirlingshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Falkirk Herald - Saturday 09 November 1895
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL. LAYING FOUNDATION STONE.
On Thursday the foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic School-Chapel, Grangemouth, which is presently in course of erection, was laid by Archbishop Macdonald, Edinburgh, with all the ceremonies, and in accordance with the solemn rites of the Church. The Roman Catholic community, which has been growing with the increasing population, have within recent years felt the need of possessing a place worship their own. They have hitherto met a congregation in the Lesser Town Hall, but have felt that by the erection school-chapel, such as that which now being built, the needs and interests the congregation would better served. The ministrations have been conducted by the Falkirk clergy, and it was during the residence in Falkirk of Canon Grady, now Vicar General in the Edinburgh diocese, that the movement for the erection of the chapel was initiated. The late Archbishop Smith also lent his sanction to the proposal, and as result of the negotiations then entered into the congregation feued a site adjoining Kerse Road from the Marquis of Zetland. Since Canon Morris came to Falkirk the movement has been further promoted. Plans have been prepared, and the erection of the chapel begun, while an energetic local committee, of which Mr Quin is the treasurer, has lieen appointed for the raising of sufficient funds to defray the cost. The chapel, according to plans prepared by Mr G. Deas Page, architect, Falkirk, consists of nave, sacristy, confessional, and porch. It is designed in French Gothic, divided into five bays. The chapel is lighted at the south by two double-light windows, and the sides with three-light windows. The roof supported by four principals resting on carved cornets. The sacristy on the west side, with stone parapet and wood work over. The gables each end are surmounted by carved stone crosses. The cost will be approximately £900. The contractors are: —Mr John Gardner, mason ; Messrs A. Williamson & Son, joiners ; Messrs John Lamb & Son. slater Mr W. J. Morrison, plumber ; Mr James Russell, plasterer ; Mr Daniel O'May, glazier; Mr A. W. Allan, painter; and Mr John Kidd, smith. The other clergymen who were present and assisted the ceremony were—Canon Morris, Falkirk ; Canon Cathedral, Edinburgh ; Canon M'Anaa, Haddington ; Rev. Fathers Rooney, Denny ; Easson, Linlithgow ; Roliertson, Linlithgow; Forsyth, Gorgie; and Birnie, Falkirk.
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Chapel | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 7 November 1895 | | Foundation stone | |
PeopleDesign 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 | | George Deas Page | | A | 1895 | | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Falkirk Herald | 9 November 1895 | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Information courtesy of John Reid | Information to website | | Sent February 2015 |
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