From £48,000 at Auction to Offers Over £199,000: Stirling’s Old Churches Hit the Property Market

• Kilmadock Parish Church in Doune, built in 1822 and B-listed, was going to auction with an opening bid of £48,000.
• Murrayfield Church in Bannockburn, built in 1853, has full consent for homes and is on the market at offers over £199,000.
• Kincardine-in-Menteith Parish Church, A-listed and built in 1816, was for sale at offers over £60,000.
• Chalmers Church in Bridge of Allan was converted into homes and won a Herald Property Award in 2011.

Around Stirling, church buildings are coming to market one after another. The Courier set out what is for sale and what has already been converted.

Kilmadock Parish Church in Doune, built in 1822 and B-listed, has been unused for more than 15 years; the Church of Scotland sold it around 2007. It was going to auction on March 6, 2025 with an opening bid of £48,000 and could become a four-bedroom home, offices or an art gallery, subject to planning. St Kessog’s Church in Callander, closed to its congregation in 1985, is being sold by Stirling Council to ease financial pressures, after earlier conversion plans were judged not viable in 2024.

Murrayfield Church in Bannockburn, built in 1853, has been on the market since April 2024 at offers over £199,000. Its congregation moved in September 2022, and it has full consent for conversion to one villa or six or seven apartments. Kincardine-in-Menteith Parish Church at Blair Drummond, an A-listed building from 1816 that closed in January 2025, was for sale at offers over £60,000. Crianlarich Parish Church, built in 1901 and closed for services in June 2024, was under offer after being marketed at offers over £72,000.

The Courier also pointed to a success: Chalmers Church in Bridge of Allan, built in 1856 and closed around 2003, is now homes at Chalmers Court and won Best Renovation Project at the Herald Property Awards in 2011. A Church of Scotland spokesperson said: “We have had an excess of church buildings since the 1920s and the church owns thousands of properties, far more than required to achieve our primary mission.”

Prices like these catch the eye of Jamaicans in the UK, and some will wonder whether an old church could be a home or a business. The Stirling list shows the range: a building with residential consent already in place commands a higher price, while a cheaper one may come with listing restrictions and uncertain planning. The same logic applies to the far smaller number of church buildings that change hands in Jamaica. Planning status, heritage controls and repair costs matter more than the asking price.

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