TIMELINE
1601: Disjoined from Falkirk.
The only remnant of this church is a sundial at Hallhouse.
1813: New church erected. It was rectangular plan, built of squared rubble with backset margins and quoins, measuring 45ft 6ins by 58ft over walls 2ft 6ins thick. The walls rose from a low plinth to a moulded eaves-course continued as a flat string across the ends. The gables finish in plain tabling and the roof is slated. Each side wall contains four high pointed windows with wooden tracery.
1819: Steeple added. A square bell tower with a short spire and four turrets built onto the east gable. The tower is divided into three stages, the upper two successively set back; the lower scarcement is marked by a stringcourse and the upper only by a moulded cornice. The central stage shows three clock-dials, and in the bell chamber above there are twin louvred lights in each face. The tower finishes in a crenellated parapet with finials at the corners, and above rises a short slated spire with a leaden top and a weather vane. The main entrance to the church was made through the base of the tower.
1838: “Cleaned and beautified internally”.
1861: Gas introduced.
1928: New hall opened to the north of the church in April. It consisted of a large hall to seat 360 people, a session house, kitchen, vestry, etc and cost £2,200. The church was closed for 13 months during which time it was gutted and new galleries and fixtures inserted. An arched chancel was placed at the west end of the church, with marble floor and oak woodwork. An apsidal addition at the lower part of the tower built with battlemented wall head. Seating re-arranged to face west. New organ chamber and an extended porch. J Jeffrey Waddell, Glasgow, was the architect and Duncan Stewart of Bonnybridge the mason.
1990: Church hall extended to the west.
Joint charge with Haggs Parish Church.
MANSE
1945: Manse sold and temporary residence purchased.
FITTINGS
1928: Pulpit gifted by Jessie Kidd; communion table, chair and silver vessels by Alexander Dickson; baptismal font by Kate and Mary Anderson.
1929: Two elders’ chairs gifted by Wm Alexander, West Kilbride.
ORGAN
1894: Gifted by Thomas McGill and built by Messrs Merrilees & Son, Glasgow, installed by Reid of Larbert.
BELL
1631: A bell of 15.88ins diameter and inscribed 1631 IM is preserved on the stair to the gallery. One of the canons has been broken off.
WINDOW
1900: Coloured lead glass installed.
1928: See separate file on stained glass.
1983: Four large south-facing windows replaced.
WAR MEMORIAL
See separate page for war memorial.
SUNDIAL
See separate page for sundial.
CHURCHYARD
1862: A 20 ft length of the 12 ft high retaining wall collapsed, jettisoning earth, etc over the public highway.
Denny Parish Churchyard article by Geoff Bailey (includes a list of gravestones and an alphabetical list of names)
MINISTERS OF DENNY PARISH CHURCH
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May 1603 | Ambrose, Thomas | Apr 1607 |
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Dec 1607 | Seytoun, James | Feb 1610 |
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Apr 1610 | Forrester, David | Dec 1613 |
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Apr 1614 | Stewart, Ludovick | 1624 |
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1625 | Paterson, John | 1627 |
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1627 | Calander, Alexander | Sep 1663 |
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Dec 1663 | Calander, John | May 1680 |
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Jan 1681 | Wingate, John | Sep 1689 |
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1691 | Watson, John | Mar 1733 |
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Sep 1733 | Stirling, James | Oct 1737 |
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Aug 1738 | Bennet, William | May 1746 |
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Sep 1747 | Anderson, Edward | Mar 1749 |
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Aug 1750 | Turnbull, James | Dec 1765 |
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Jun 1769 | Fergus, Thomas | Jan 1801 |
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Apr 1800 | Dempster, John | 1843 |
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Sep 1843 | M’Culloch, Colin | Dec 1853 |
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May 1854 | Anderson, William | Nov 1855 |
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May 1856 | Falconer, Alexander | Jun 1892 |
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Jul 1892 | MacGregor, Alexander Oram | May 1904 |
| Nov 1904 | Macara, Alexander | Apr 1944 |
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Dec 1943 | Lawrie, Robert George | |
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1971 | Munroe, Henry | |
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1983 | Smith, Richard | |
| Arif, Raheel |
| Denny Old Parish Church | SMR 424 | NS 8117 8274 |
Falkirk Local History Society 