Alloa North Church, Ludgate, Alloa

Alloa North Church, designed by Adam Frame in 1882, is a Neo-Gothic church that stands tall and narrow on a prominent corner site. It is constructed of pink ashlar, primarily rock-faced with polished detailing. The church features a steep-pitched main roof that extends continuously over the buttressed side aisles, adorned with decorative gablet-dormered ventilators and cresting. The semi-polygonal apsidal south end, which serves as the liturgical east, draws inspiration from 15th and early 16th century Scots or French architecture. The pointed windows are mostly without tracery and contain plain leaded lozenge-glass, except for two figurative windows located beside the pulpit. The main entrance on the north front includes paired doors, a rose window, a stair turret recessed to the left, and a vestry outshot at the far end.

The church is enclosed by low coping, from which the railings have been removed, and features gatepiers. Inside, there is a wide open area with 'aisles' that are not expressed except by the roof and passageways. The roof has an unusual form, being barrel-vaulted at the center with tie-beams and curved in profile over the 'aisles.' A gallery and organ are situated on the north gable, with the pulpit centrally located at the apse.