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Latitude: 55.8388 / 55°50'19"N
Longitude: -3.0845 / 3°5'4"W
OS Eastings: 332175
OS Northings: 661148
OS Grid: NT321611
Mapcode National: GBR 60XX.0T
Mapcode Global: WH6T7.LHCS
Plus Code: 9C7RRWQ8+G5
Entry Name: Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Carrington
Listing Name: Carrington Burial Ground, Including Whitehill Aisle (Ramsay Mausoleum), Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331071
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB685
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Carrington, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground
ID on this website: 200331071
Location: Carrington
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian South
Parish: Carrington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Church building Cemetery Architectural structure Burial aisle
Early 18th century. Single storey, single bay, rectangular-plan mausoleum. Coursed, droved, pink sandstone rubble with polished grey sandstone dressings. Moulded eaves cornice; long and short quoins.
SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; rusticated basket arched doorway to centre of ground floor, with keystone and impost details; boarded timber door with iron studs. Tripartite window set in gablehead; deeply chamfered blind opening to centre flanked by grilled openings.
SE ELEVATION: symmetrical; mural tablets to Ramsay family set in wall.
NE ELEVATION: mural tablet off-centre to left; grilled opening with raised margins set in gablehead.
NW ELEVATION: blank.
Purple-grey replacement slate roof with lead ridge. Coped stone skews.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: polished sandstone gatepiers to SE; rubble walls with rubble coping; stone stepped stile built into wall to right of right gatepier.
The Whitehill Aisle was is built on the site of Carrington's old parish church, founded in 1243, for Sir John Ramsay of Whitehill. There is a Ramsay family enclosure to the SE of the aisle, the first Ramsay to be buried there was Sir John Ramsay in 1715, there are various other 18th century gravestones. Small ruined, rubble burial aisle to S of Whitehill Aisle.
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