Basic Site Details Name: | St Michael's Parish Church | Town, district or village: | Linlithgow | City or county: | West Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 1893 restoration cost £1686; pulpit £185; font £50; communion table £38.
See separate entry for work by R S Lorimer on a St Michael's Church, Linlithgow - may be this building, or may be the RC Church. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1400s | | | Original church | | 1812 | 1813 | Restoration | Restoration of chancel | | 1871 | | Design exhibited | Design for 'interior…as proposed to be restored' | | 1893 | | | Restoration | | 24 October 1896 | | | Re-dedicated | | After 1956 | Before 1968 | Restoration | | | 1964 | | Addition | Spire added to W tower | | 1970 | | Build/construction | Design for new wrought iron flower stands. | | 1977 | 1981 | Restoration | Maintenance of church | | 1984 | | Build/construction | Design for new oak screens. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | James Gillespie Graham | | E | 1812 | 1813 | Restoration of chancel | | H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | | B | 1871 | | Design for 'interior…as proposed to be restored' (with Matheson as architect for Scotland in the Office of Works) | | Robert Matheson | | B | 1871 | | Design for 'interior…as proposed to be restored' (Matheson as architect for Scotland in the Office of Works) | | Honeyman & Keppie | | A | 1893 | 1896 | Restoration | | John Honeyman | | A | 1893 | 1896 | Restoration, new pulpit and font | | John Keppie | | A | 1893 | 1896 | Restoration | | Alexander McRae | | A | 1894 | 1896 | Restoration - as assistant to Honeyman & Keppie | | Thomas Ronald Wilson | | A | After 1956 | Before 1968 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting | | Henry ('Harry') Wilson | | C | After 1956(?) | Before 1960 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting - may have been done after Wilson left the practice | | Robert Mather Godfrey | | C | After 1956 | Before 1968 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting | | Robert Wilson | | C | After 1956(?) | Before 1965 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting - may have been done after Wilson left the practice | | Rory Wilson | | C | After 1956 | Before 1968 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting | | Wilson & Wilson | | C | After 1956 | Before 1968 | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting | | Geoffrey Petts Clarke | | K | 1964 | | Addition of spire to W tower | | William Archibald Cadell | | D | 1977 | 1984 | Maintenance of church. New flower stands and oak screens. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Cadell | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p20 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Ferguson, J | 1905 | Ecclesia Antiqua, or the Story of ...St Michael's, Linlithgow | | | p105-109 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p285, 289 | | RSA | 1871 | | | | 842 | | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp162-3 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 10 January 1896 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 37499 | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book | | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 259 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander McRae: L v19 no1442; Robert Mather Godfrey: F no5875 (combined box 105) |
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