Description

Hean Brothers 1836. Simple classical rectangular plan
with tower and spire. Snecked and stugged ashlar with
polished dressings.
N and S elevations 5-bay, ground floor 24-pane segmental
and 1st floor 16-pane round-headed sash and case windows.
2 tall round-arched windows in gables, oculus in W gable
and flat topped finial. E gable band course. Prominent 5-stage
tower and spire with round-arched multi-paned windows at
ground and 1st stages, louvred second stage. Cornice above,
and 3rd stage with blind key-blocked oculi between paired
pilasters. Top stage pilastered and pedimented clock face
to each elevation. Octagonal facetted spire pierced by
oculi. Weather vane finial.
Slate roof with skewputts.
Hall, originally a school 2-storey 2-by-3-bay, extended to
5 bays circa 1870. 20th century addition at E links hall
to church. Skewputts and stack to S gable only. Slate roof.
Church Officer's house, with pend, N of church added circa
1880, 2-storey 2-bay, bipartite ground and single first
floor windows. Pyramid slate roof with wrought-iron finial.
INTERIOR: large gallery on slender cast-iron columns.
Romanesque reredos replaced in 1913 by organ, timber pulpit
and wrought-iron altar rails. 2 good early 20th century
stained glass windows. Side windows double glazed, sash and
case exterior, leaded casement with coloured panes inside.
Hall plain, with 1st floor cornice and original timber
Romanesque pulpit at ground floor.

Statement of Interest

Place of Worship in use as such. Spire a land mark.

Of international interest, particularly from America and

Ulster, because of the life, work and writings of the Reverend

Robert McCheyne (1813-43), a major figure in the Scottish

evangelical revival. Much McCheyne memorabilia remains in

the church.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17812158

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)