I pass by this church fairly regularly to take my youngest daughter for swimming lessons at the Time Capsule and everytime I pass it I wonder what happened to it, what was it called, how did it get to be so rundown, I can't see a sign next to it and people use it as a tip. There's nothing but garbage at the front entrance. For people in Coatbridge what happened here do you know?

by dnemonicterrier

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  2. google image search says it is Dundyvan Church.

    Seems that due to declining attendances, it closed, congregation merged with another one nearby.

    It was a B-listed building. Plans existed to convert it to residential use. Nothing came of them. Then it caught fire a few times.

    Funny how listed buildings that stood for decades or centuries become so flammable.

  3. It’s in the “worst” part of Coatbridge, so just gets ignored. I’m round the corner from it, it’s a nice building but has been let to fall apart since I’ve been a kid

  4. Ive been inside the ruins about 8 years ago the place is a complete state, and it will have gotten worse since then be careful around the stairs inside the place there is some sudden drops and missing steps, so be cautious if you go inside it.

  5. It used to ‘go on fire’ a lot but there’s not enough left to go on fire anymore.
    Doubt it will ever be converted to flats- again, there’s not enough left to convert. I’ve been involved in 3 attempts with 2 clients to do something, but they could never get the £’s to stack up. Even demolishing what’s left and building new wouldn’t add up.
    Real shame. I can remember it and adjacent house as really beautiful buildings.

  6. Dogged many a school day in there. It’s been on fire a few times since then.

    Think the congregation merged with St. Augustines.

  7. People in Coatbridge were swept up in a devil cult in the 1970s.

    In the following years the UK was shocked by satanic child abuse allegations, punk rock, and even heavy metal music, that persists in the area even today.

    Whilst no one can claim that these practices were initiated in Coatbridge, Dundyvan Church’s ruins are a testament to how they were embraced by the residents of Coatbridge at the time.

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