Description

William Burn, Architect. Built 1841. Gothic church with

round-arched details, simple rectangular-plan, 4-stage square

tower at west; low vestry at north east angle by James

Barbour, 1904. Stugged pinkish coursers, polished dressings. Hood-moulded round-headed openings with moulded and splayed

reveals. Tower: lower stages off-set, stepped angle

buttresses continued as clasping pilaster strips, with

pinnacles above corbelled open parapet; west-facing door has

nook-shafts with scalloped capitals and moulded arch;

louvered bipartite each face of top stage, clock to 3 faces

of stage below. Body of church with 5 buttressed bays and

corbelled parapets; pinnacled angle buttress; 5 lights in

east gable, 2-bay vestry in similar style; porch alongside.

Slate roofs. Interior: ceiling barrel-vaulted, with ribs and

bosses; horseshoe gallery with panelled front on cast-iron

columns. Leaded windows on east gable, that to north by

Ballantine and Gardner, circa 1892, others circa 1883-circa

1903. Romanesque font 1887.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791465

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)