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Kirkmichael Parish Church And Burial Ground

A Category B Listed Building in Lochar, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1794 / 55°10'45"N

Longitude: -3.5642 / 3°33'51"W

OS Eastings: 300484

OS Northings: 588349

OS Grid: NY004883

Mapcode National: GBR 38KK.44

Mapcode Global: WH5W5.720Q

Plus Code: 9C7R5CHP+Q8

Entry Name: Kirkmichael Parish Church And Burial Ground

Listing Name: Kirkmichael Parish Church and Churchyard

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 342807

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10369

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200342807

Location: Kirkmichael (Dumf & Galloway)

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Lochar

Parish: Kirkmichael (Dumf & Galloway)

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Church building Cemetery

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Description

Built 1814. Simple, T-plan church. Rubble-built with red ashlar dressings. Round-headed openings; 4 windows on long east wall, door on north flank has fanlight with intersecting tracery. Off-centre later small square porch on

west gable beside gabled vestry: birdcage apex belfry above.

Eaves course; moulded eaves cornice; roofed with graded slates: (body of church is piended) apex ventilators.

Interior: pews with raised and fielded panelled backs; gallery on west jamb; hexagonal pulpit on east wall with

pedimented backboard, flanking stained glass windows c.1862 (Christ stilling the storm and Christ as the good shepherd; one other stained glass window dated 1934 (Our lady flanked by Faith and Hope). Irregular-plan churchyard, rubble-built ashlar coped walls, gate on north wall, beside stile, pyramidal caps at gatepiers. Some good 17th-19th century stone monuments including Stewart monument (urn-finialed Doric shaft on square base) and Scott family enclosure (Gothic mural monument with arcaded inscription panels).

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Possibly designed by John MacCracken of Dumfries who inspected the old church and made recommendations.

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