Galston, East Ayrshire

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Gospel Hall on Glebe Road. PoWiS dates it to 1898. NS 5000 3653. © Howard Richter (2014).

Across the river to the N.W. are the remains of the medieval Loudoun Kirk, at NS 4929 3739. It can't be seen from the Streetview van, but a good photo can be seen in its PoWiS entry.

The former Mission Hall, off Titchfield Street. PoWiS dates it to 1885, with later additions. NS 4981 3679. © Howard Richter (2014).

The Parish Church (CoS). Another view. An 1809 build on an ancient site, according to here. NS 5000 3670. © Martin Richter (2013). Link. PoWiS. Category B listed.

St. Sophia (R.C., 1884-6) on Bentinck Street, in the style of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Another view. NS 5028 3651. © Martin Richter (2013). Link. PoWiS. Category A listed.

The former United Presbyterian Church on Wallace Street at NS 5014 3650. The date of closure is at present not known, but it seems to have still been active in 1986, when it shows as Church on the OS map of that year. It was built in 1859-60, according to its PoWiS entry, successor to a church of 1798 on the same site. Category B listed, also says it was a re-build in 1859, and indeed the 1857 OS map shows its smaller predecessor on the same site. © Martin Richter (2013).

Howard Richter advises of three additional churches, all now demolished. E.U. Church stood on Chapel Street at NS 4987 3661, and the site (seen here on a 2008 Streetview) is now used for housing and car parking. On a different alignment to the housing, the northern corner of the church stood rather closer to the camera than the house. PoWiS dates it to 1843-4. The Free Church stood on Barmill Road at NS 5025 3672, and survived until fairly recently. It was seen by the Streetview van in 2009. PoWiS calls it Trinity Free Church, and dates it to the second half of the 19th century. Another Free Church stood at NS 5008 3650, off Glebe Road. It seems to have gone out of use in the later 1950's or 1960's. In this Streetview from 2010, the church was positioned behind the cream-coloured cottage, roughly in line with the white van, long axis parallel to the street. PoWiS.