 It subsequently fell into a state of disrepair, however since 1994 has been preserved by a local charity, "Friends Of Loudoun Kirk".The establishment of Loudoun Kirk marks the earliest known Christian worship in the surrounding area.It is widely regarded as having been founded in 1451, with most local historians taking this date from an 1890 translation of the Latin text, "Muniments of the Royal Burgh of Irvine".