Description

1880. H J Blanc, architect. 1st and 2nd pointed Gothic,
cruciform church with steeple. Snecked rubble with ashlar
dressings. Nave and aisles gabled front. Paired central doors
under carved lintel with moulded reveals and nook shafts
gabled and buttressed, flanked by coupled lancets. Above rise
3 lancets with stilted arches, flanked by angle buttresses
with conical pinnacles. Lean-to aisle to west with lancet and
angles buttresses. To east connecting passage to steeple
with 2 tiers of triple lancets. Angle buttressed tower in 6
stages, separated by string courses and spire.
Variety of windows in 4 lower stages; louvred arcading in
5th stage; 6th stage octagonal with louvred lancets and
octagonal pinnacles. Facetted spire with 4 lucarnes.
4-bay nave separated by buttresses. Coupled lancets to aisle.
2-light with sexfoils to clerestory. Double gabled transepts.
Triple lancets to each gable, those to east transept with
stilted arches and clustered colonnettes.
Semi-octagonal apse with lancets. Halls, and vestry clustered
around north end. Original hall to NW extended 2 bays by Blanc
1904. Slate roof tiles to all parts with crest tiles to Church
and 1st hall, fleche over crossing of church. Interior: nave
arcades with moulded pointed arches with clerestory over. Rear
west bay occupied by narthex with glazed wooden traceried
screen of arches supported by column and half columns with
detached colonnettes.
Chanel arch to north.
Curved coupled wooden roofs to nave and transepts (where
doubled) and wooden vaulting to chancel. Furnishings mostly
gifted by Coats family 1903-4: canopied stalls to end walls
of transepts and across chancel arch, chancel occupied by
organ.
Pulpit front panel designed by James E Christie. Font by a
"Mr Rhind of Edinburgh."
Stained glass except for triple lancets at south and 2 small
windows in east aisle is by Ballantine and Gardiner 1903-4.

Statement of Interest

Total cost $21,940. Largely gifted by Sir Peter Coats. The building is no longer in ecclesiastical use (2024). One of pinnacles has lost its apex.

Statement of Special Interest updated in 2024.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17844445

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