Description

James Burnet of Ewesbank, Langholm, architect. Dated 1867. Rectangular-plan 5-bay Gothic church. Snecked and squared rubble

with contrasting ashlar dressings. Pointed-headed openings: all hood-moulded except at W. Gabled porch at N end of E wall,

recessed 2-leaf door with columned jambs; 3-light window with

columned jambs and mullions below cusped openings on either main

gable, S window below relieving arch and gabled apex belfry

(other gables all cross-finialed): continuous string at cill

level, buttresses to bays and at angles: saw-toothed skews; all

roofed with graded slates. Vestry on W wall. Ungalleried

interior. Churchyard enclosed by rubble built walls, gate and

spiked cast-iron railings at W on low coping. 17th-20th century

stone monuments and site of St Cuthbert's Church; Tuscan Malcolm

family tomb chest circa 1803; panelled and urn-finialed Laurie

monument circa 1814.

1652 bell signed Jacobus Monteith mounted on tree to E of church.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. RCAHM Inventory, 1920,

notes bell.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17799434

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