Description

1845 with later addition to rear. Rectangular-plan hall church with flanking triple gable aisles and 3-stage octagonal tower. Stugged and snecked sandstone with droved ashlar dressings. Lancet windows; string courses between stages of tower; base course; long and short quoins.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-bay with central gabled bay, aisle wall set back to N and tower advanced to S. Hood-moulded and chamfered pointed- arched doorway in bay to centre; replacement timber door with pointed- arched fanlight above; single windows flanking doorway. Single window in bay to left. Square base to tower to outer right; single window set high in 1st stage; blank oculi to every other side of 2nd stage; louvered, pointed-arched openings to each side at 3rd stage; ashlar dressed clock face to every other side above; blind arcaded parapets between; octagonal copper spire above; cast-iron weather vane.

S (SIDE ELEVATION): 5-bay with tower to left, triple gabled block to centre and modern, slightly recessed gabled addition to outer right. Tall window to centre bay. Circular window set high with non-aligned window at ground in bay to left of centre. Window at 1st stage of tower in bay to outer left; oculus at 2nd stage; louvered niche and clock face above; Tall window in bay to right of centre. 2 windows at ground and 1st floor in bay to outer right.

INTERIOR: rectangular entrance vestibule; timber panelled roof with iron shafts marking aisles supporting pointed-arched beams; timber panelled gallery along E wall with access via stairwell in tower to NE; decorative cast-iron balusters and timber handrail to stair; boarded dado. Integral pulpit and organ: organ pipes to W wall behind altar; carved pulpit between organ pipes and altar with access via steps to each side; altar with blind fret carving; portable font; pine pews.

Point-arched leaded clear glass windows with stained glass margins; modern windows to addition. Grey slate roof; copper covered spire; ashlar coped skews; cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. According to the church warden, the gallery was added at a cost of ?100 at a later date. The altar was presented to the church in 1931 as a memorial to Rev Robert T Loudon. The church stands in the centre of the High Street and, despite the accumulation of modern buildings around it, remains a substantial feature in the street. Noteworthy features include the octagonal tower (possibly of a later date) and the copper spire; internally, the integrated organ and pulpit enables the organist to have a clear view of the minister and seems quite an unusual feature.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826547

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