Description

Robert Rowand Anderson of Edinburgh, architect. Dated 1873 on

parsonage. 8-bay, aisled, Gothic church. Principal gabled elevation to High

Street: polished ashlar (remainder stugged with polished

dressings): central recessed door with splayed reveals, under

moulded pointed arch, large hood-moulded and

geometrical-traceried window above, with circular panels in

spandrels and hood-moulded vesica in gable-head; angle

buttresses, saw-tooth skews and cross finial. Low square

extension to left with plate-traceried window, similar window

and door in re-entrant angle; geometrical-traceried and

hoodmoulded aisle window to right. Clerestory windows have

pointed heads, paired over nave. Interior: (planned

decoration gradually completed) chancel, nave and north aisle

arcaded, aisle with circular and octagonal columns; chancel

arch on clustered columns. Delicate, elaborately carved,

cusped and traceried chancel screen with central gable; altar

rails have carved angels on gate posts. Altar and reredos

dedicated 1893; war memorial by R M MacNaught of Denny &

Blain, circa 1923. Some leaded glass windows; in eastern

aisle, window by W Gibbs (in poor repair) at northern end,

window by Stephen Adam, 1897 in western aisle at south end.

Timbered roof.

Statement of Interest

Listed category A for quality of interior.

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

Former parsonage and hall by A C Denny, architect (Dumbarton), 1907, demolished in 1993.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17572089

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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