Description

Church, now roofless, dated 1625 (bellcote), 1672 (lintel)
and 1775 (skew). 1672 T-plan church incorporating earlier
work, renovated 1775-80. Harled with ashlar margins.
Symmetrical south elevation with paired ground and gallery
windows in outer bays and pair long central windows in centre
bay. Bellcote with stumpy finials at west apex, ball finial
at east and thistle finial at north; moulded and initialled
jambs to north door (which probably gave access to former
Novar aisle). Additional later extension to north gable with
wide blocked doors (possibly stabling/carriage house for
Novar aisle). External gallery stair to east gable; also
burial enclosure with Munro eagle (Novar) dated 1671.
Semi-circular mural recess in NE internal wall, probably for
recumbant figure.
Burial ground; coped, rubble walled burial ground with
interesting 17th, 18th and 19th century tombs.

Statement of Interest

Lintel in north inscribed; "Mortis meditatio vita est 16 WML

IMT 72" (To think on Death is Life).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17813968

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)