Description

Alexander Ross 1870-1872.
Orientated east/west with large Decorated Gothic window west
gable and 3 small quatrefoil lights below.
East rose window set in pointed opening with 2 narrow
lancets below. 4 Buttressed bays of lancets at flanks
with vestry at NE. Steeple of idiosyncratic broached form;
gabletted belfry stage and small lucarnes above. Base of
tower forms porch, its piers having stiff leaf capitals,
those flanking doorway also having carved beasts. Dressed red
sandstone rubble; pale ashlar dressings, either polished or
stugged and broached. Interior has original fittings of red
pine and braced collar roof.
Stained glass: west window by Barnett of Newcastle.
Inside vestry, inset in wall, a pre-Reformation stone
Sacrament House measuring 4'2 1/2" x 2'7" overall, with
chalice in central label and cupboard below with renewed door
and lining, but earlier hinges, measuring 1'10" x 1'2" deep,
the whole framed with bead and hollow moulding.

Statement of Interest

Standing in graveyard and on site of previous church of 1670

mentioned in New Statistical Account, and probably churches

prior to that. Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17815610

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)