Description

Built 1876-9. Rectangular-plans bay Gothic church with
presbytery to west and school to east linked to form T-plan
complex; 3-stage octagonal tower with cross-finialed faceted
spire on north east corner, and entrance in gabled porch at
north west angle. Recessed door under pointed head with
splayed reveals and portrait label stops to hood-mould.
Snecked, stugged, yellow sandstone with white polished ashlar
dressings and quoins. Tower has single cusped lancets on
alternate faces; each stage set back; top stage with cusped
louvred openings on each face. Geometric traceried windows
all hood-moulded with portrait label stops in gable end and
buttressed bays of body of church. Apse in south gable. Saw-
tooth skews with cross finial and slate roof.
School extends 4 bays to east, pair of doors with pointed
heads in triangular gabled porch with figure on foliated
capital between gables. Presbytery is asymmetrical with
Gothic details; 2 storeys over basement, 3 unequal bays,
and linked to church by single bay at basement level. Snecked
and stugged red sandstone with white ashlar dressings.
Steps with cast-iron handrail leading to pointed-headed
central door with fanlight; cusped light above and cusped
bipartites in left bay at ground, basement and 1st floor
levels; similar cusped bipartites in advanced, gabled, right
bay, that on ground floor under relieving arch with blind
quatrefoil in spandrel. Gableted skewputts and decorative
cast-iron finials. Decorative ridge tiles and slate roof.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17843395

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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