Description

1796, Nisbet of Edinburgh mason; galleries inserted 1837, W porch 19th century. Simple rectangular-plan Burgher church. Rubble with ashlar dressings and quoin strips. Band course. Pointed-arch openings. Stone mullions.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: centre bay with small window in lean-to stone porch with door on return to right; Venetian-style window with pointed-arch centre light to centre above and stone cross gablehead finial.

N ELEVATION: 2 large regularly-disposed windows and further small window to outer left.

E ELEVATION: Venetian-style window as above.

S (LIBERAL HALL) ELEVATION: altered elevation almost adjoining Liberal Hall, with elements including 2 large Y-traceried windows to centre and 2 smaller vertically-aligned windows to left.

All openings blocked or unglazed. Grey slates. Ashlar-coped skews.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIER: low coped rubble boundary wall and flat-coped square-section gatepier.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building no longer in use as such. Disused 1979 and in poor condition at resurvey (2003). Built by Burghers at a cost of about £500, the building was subsequently used as a Roman Catholic Church until 1959. The Liberal Hall is listed separately.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17816165

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2