St Andrews Roman Catholic Church Inlcuding Entrance Wall, 126 Victoria Street, Craigshill, Livingston

St Andrews Roman Catholic Church, including the entrance wall, is located at 126 Victoria Street, Craigshill, Livingston. Designed by George R M Kennedy for Alison and Hutchison and Partners, the church was built between 1968 and 1970, with later alterations around 1993 and a refurbishment scheme in 2010. This single-storey church features a circular keyhole plan in a Brutalist style, with tangential expanding fin windowed sections and an angled roof that rises to a prominent point to the south. It is dramatically positioned on a steeply raised site at the center of a mid-20th century New Town housing scheme, making it a notable feature in the area.

The secondary sections wrap around the main circular plan on the west and north sides, culminating in large tangential glazed window sections with deep-set concrete mullions and a cill band beneath heavy sweeping shuttered lintels facing east. There are narrower slit windows on the west side facing south. The entrance wall to the north is formed by tall finned concrete slabs, with a later alteration creating an arch. The west entrance features plain timber doors.

The interior, observed in 2013, has a Scandinavian style with a terrazzo floor, a raised curved altar plinth, curved white walls that include doors to confessionals, and a radially boarded timber ceiling. The main congregation space has no windows and is illuminated by a strip rooflight around the edge. It contains bespoke long concrete and Oregon pine pews with pivoted kneelers. Steps at the rear lead to a formerly open space, now converted into a corridor with a glazed screen and a cafeteria area beyond. The former sunken baptistery has been infilled, but a large glazed window remains at the east end of the corridor. Original plain Stations of the Cross have been removed to the 'Shalom Chapel,' which was created from a former sacristy. The main sacristy retains original timber cupboards. A contemporary carved timber crucifix by sculptor Harry Bain is present, along with timber carved Stations of the Cross salvaged from Ayr Cathedral, dating to 1959.