Description

12th century onwards. Near quadrangular terraced churchyard. Tooled, squared and snecked sandstone wall with semi circular coping to W, random rubble walls to remainder; iron railings to SE and SW. Droved war memorial gatepiers with stop chamfered margins and pyramidal caps to W; decorative ironwork gates with thistle finials, reading "1914" and "1919". Upper graveyard: Middleton family enclosure to NE corner, Dewar of Vogrie enclosure to E against wall, Kidd family (who funded the present church) enclosure in centre to E of church. Central opening in wall to SE with stop chamfered, pyramidal capped gate piers leading to upper terrace, circa 1857: Borthwick family burial vault (entered via terrace below) to E corner; Brown of Currie enclosure adjacent. 2 flights of stone steps with iron railings, perpendicular to buttressed wall of upper terrace, over gabled burial vault lead to middle terrace: entrance to Borthwick burial vault to E, triangular arched chamfered doorway with stepped hood mould enclosing blank shield flanked by vertical slit windows and buttresses; timber gate to W. Lower terrace slopes down to S; four centred doorway with hood mould to vault under steps; timber gate to SW.

Statement of Interest

Several early to mid 18th century gravestones in upper graveyard and upper terrace.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771127

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6