Following the unification in October 2007 of the three Govan congregations and the decision to make New Govan the principal place of worship, the Church of Scotland and the Kirk Session are keen to identify a use that would both provide future sustainability for Govan Old and respect its historic importance.
The challenge faces particular problems: church buildings are notoriously difficult to adapt for other purposes; Govan Old itself is Grade A-listed and cannot be altered easily; it contains an outstanding collection of one-thousand-year-old stones considered to be a national treasure; a significant body of opinion holds that, because of the site’s status as the oldest known place of Christian worship on the Clyde, the church should remain essentially a church.
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