New St Andrew’s Parish Church, Coatbridge was formed on 28 October 2008 by the union of Clifton Parish Church and St Andrew’s Parish Church.  The new united congregation meets in the former St Andrew’s building which is a listed building.

 

St Andrew’s Parish Church, Coatbridge was formed by the union of the former Congregations of Dunbeth, Gartsherrie and Maxwell in 1993.  The new united Congregation of St Andrew’s met in the former Gartsherrie Church building, the two other buildings having been sold to a property developer and converted to flats.  The former Maxwell Church building can be seen at the bottom of Weir Street in Coatbridge.  The former Dunbeth Church building can be seen at the top of Weir Street.

 

Clifton Parish Church, Coatbridge was formed by the union of the former congregations of Coatdyke and Coats in 1993.  The new united congregation of Clifton met in the former Coats Church building which can be seen at the corner of Jackson Street and Muiryhall Street in Coatbridge.  The former Coatdyke Church buildings, which can be seen at the corner of Muiryhall Street and East Stewart Street, Coatbridge, were sold to a private developer who converted the church and halls into a house and craft shop/studio.

 

The organ in New St Andrew’s was built by Willis in 1870.  Originally a tracker, it was altered to tubular pneumatic circa 1930s by Andrew Watt of Glasgow.  The specification of the organ is as follows (stops added by Watt are marked with an asterisk)

 

GREAT

 

Open Diapason              8

Viole d’Amore                8

Claribel Flute                  8

Dulciana                        8

Harmonic Flute               8

Principal                        8

Fifteenth                        2

Mixture                 3 ranks

SWELL

 

Open Diapason              8

Voix Celestes* (ten C)    8

Lieblich Gedact               8

Salicional*                     8

Gemshorn                     4

Cornopean                     8

Hautboy                        8

Clarionet (ten C)            8

Tremulant                     

           

PEDAL

 

Flute Bass*                    8

Principal                        8

Sub Bass*                     16

Open Diapason              16

COUPLERS

 

Swell to Great

Swell to Pedal

Great to Pedal

Swell Octave

Swell Sub-octave

Swell Octave to Great

Swell Sub-octave to Great

PISTONS

 

3 thumb and foot pistons to Great

 

3 thumb and foot pistons to Swell

 

1 thumb and foot pistons – Great to Pedal

                                    (reversible)

COMPASS

 

Manuals – CC to g

Pedal – CC to f