| SMR 1298 | NS 9284 7783 |
| 1843 | Polmont Free Church | 1900 |
| 1900 | Polmont South United Free Church | 1929 |
| 1929 | Polmont South Church of Scotland Brightons Church of Scotland |
TIMELINE
1843: Free Church congregation assembled at Blairlodge School, with Rev Robert Cunningham the headmaster there as moderator.
1847: Land at Coney Park purchased in 1846. Church building designed by Brown & Carrick, architects, Glasgow. New building completed. Stone donated by Mr Lawrie, owner of the quarry at Lawrie Park. Masonwork by William Thorburn of Polmont. Building insured for £800. 21 July first service.
The church is restrained Gothic with lancet windows built to a T-plan with a single storey vestry to the rear. Ashlar to front elevation which has a 3-bay advanced gable, pinnacled buttresses and flanking bays. Tudor arched doorway with hood-moulded triple lancet window above. The gable is surmounted by an angle buttressed stone spired bellcote with louvred openings.
1870: Spire repaired.
1900: Union to become the United Free Church of Polmont.
1907: Gas lighting.
1914: Mains water.
1929: Union to become Polmont South Church.
1935: Re-opened in September after extensive repairs.
1936: Clubroom built by Boys Brigade.
1950: Mission hall at Rumford demolished.
1958: Feb. 16th linked with Shieldhill.
1961: Link with Shieldhill terminated.
1968: Old halls and stable demolished. New hall opened.
1971: Roof reconstructed to an unusual design.
1974: Second hall opened, cost £9,000.
2005: Roof replaced.
MANSE
1849: Manse built in church grounds. Brown of Uphall, architect, Henry Farmer & William Taylor, contractors.
1956: Old manse uninhabitable, 11 Main St purchased for £2,610. Old manse demolished the following year.
c1890: Stable block added.
1967: Manse sold and a new one built in the church grounds.
FITTINGS
1861: 3 communion chairs of oak donated.
1935: Communion table donated by Mrs A Thomson of Quarry House. Font donated by Miss C Trench.
BELL
1857: Bell donated by John Miller of Millfield. Made by John C. Wilson and Co.
WINDOW
See separate entry for stained glass.
MINISTERS OF POLMONT FREE CHURCH
| 1843 | Cunningham, Robert | 1846 |
| 1846 | Boyd, James | May 1867 |
| Jan 1868 | Simpson, John | 1873 |
| Dec 1873 | Anderson, James | 1907 |
| 1907 | Bogie, David Kinnear | 1923 |
| 1924 | MacLellan, John | Jun 1933 |
| Nov 1933 | Gibbons, Harry Valentine | Oct 1949 |
| Jan 1950 | Hood, James William | May 1961 |
| May 1962 | Stewart, Angus Taylor | 1967 |
| Nov 1967 | Heriot, Charles Rattray | Mar 1996 |
| 1996 | Scott, Kirkland | Present |
G.B. Bailey (2019)
Falkirk Local History Society 