Church Building

 

Ayr Martyrs building was erected in 1832 by the small Reformed Presbyterian Church (the Covenanting denomination which was dissatisfied with the Revolution Settlement of 1690).  It became a Free Church in 1876 when most Reformed Presbyterian Churches linked with the Free Church.
     
 
 
 
The church front
 
     
 

It is something of a historical accident that the Free Church occupies this building today.  It was assigned to the Free Church people in Ayr by a Church Commission in 1907 which had been set up to adjudicate between the Free Church and the United Free Church.  The Ayr Martyrs building was superfluous to the requirements of the United Free Church, and seemed suitable for the relatively small band of Free Church people at that time.  And it turned out in God’s providence to be appropriate to the needs of the congregation in the 20th century. 

A hall was first built in 1931, and further accommodation and modern toilets were added in the 1990s.  These can accommodate the prayer meeting and several Sunday School classes. 

  
     
 
 
 
View from the gallery