It is a listed building and the second-oldest[2] Methodist church in Scotland.

[2] The Church's former manse, now Wesley House, located next door, is also a listed building.

[6] It was built as a single-storey building in 1772; an upper storey was added in 1869.

[3] George Scott Railton (1849 – 1913), the first Commissioner of The Salvation Army and second in command to its founder William Booth,[7][8] was born in the manse.

He was the son of Methodist missionaries, Lancelot Railton and his wife, Margaret Scott.