St Andrews Parish Church, Grange Terrace, Bo'Ness is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. Church. 3 related planning applications.
St Andrews Parish Church, Grange Terrace, Bo'Ness
- WRENN ID
- carved-porch-magpie
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1980
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NT 006 813
- Coordinates
- 56.01469, -3.59503
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Andrew’s Parish Church, built in 1905 to a cruciform plan, stands alongside a hall and features a three-stage tower topped with a green copper spire. The church is constructed from squared and snecked bull-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings. An ashlar base course defines the entrance elevation, and openings are chamfered with hoodmoulds and buttresses. The hall incorporates half-timber detailing.
The north (entrance) elevation is dominated by the tower, accessed via a flight of steps, and a timber, two-leaf door with vertical paneling and upper diamond-leaded panes. A stepped hoodmould sits above the door. The tower's octagonal stair turret includes arrow slits, rising above a battlemented parapet. A bipartite window with a stone mullion features at the second stage, while the third stage has a louvred belfry opening with a stone mullion. To the right of the tower, an advanced gable showcases a large, pointed arch, traceried window.
The east elevation displays a four-bay section with an advanced transept and a recessed two-bay section, all with pointed arch openings. The tower is prominent, with a canted four-light bay window at ground level. The church hall has a timber, two-leaf entrance door, and an advanced gable features a tripartite mullioned and transomed window with half-timbering at the apex. Two bays are present to the right, with the outer bay recessed and incorporating wallhead half-timber detail.
The glazing is predominantly diamond-leaded panes, and the roof is covered with graded grey slates.
Inside, the church features a four-bay nave with a timber ceiling springing from stone corbels. A gallery on the north side contains a 1920 stained glass window depicting the Sermon on the Mount by Oscar Paterson, accompanied by a timber entrance screen with leaded glass above. The pointed arch chancel includes a timber ceiling and oak dado panelling, with a stained glass Ascension window by James H Leat of Oscar Paterson’s studio, dating from 1908. An oak communion table and lectern are integral to the design. A war memorial commemorating the First and Second World Wars stands to the left. Aisles are located to the left and right, with timber ceilings. The pews are predominantly timber; some modern seating is located to the south.
A boundary wall, constructed from squared and snecked bull-faced sandstone with saddle-backed stepping coping, encloses the site.
Local climate
St Andrews Parish Church, Grange Terrace, Bo'Ness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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