Description

Built 1793. Straightforward T-plan church with round-headed

openings and 4-bay long S elevation; low vestry adjoins E

gable; N porch added 1861 with unusual roof. Rubble-built

with ashlar dressings, polished margins, impost blocks and

keystones.

Blind oculus in N gable and birdcage belfry; other main

gables capped with ball-finialled blocks. Margined glazing

perhaps 1861; straight skews; slate roofs.

Interior: refurbished and re-seated by James Barbour 1884-5;

panelled octagonal pulpit centre on S wall with pilastered

(?original) backboard; gallery in jamb opposite - installed

1861 - has similarly detailed panelled front. Circa 1900

painted and leaded glass windows flank pulpit.

Churchyard: important group of 3 13th century coped grave stones close to E boundary: the northernmost is earthfast and badly weathered; other 2 richly carved and supported on four small Romanesque capitals dating to the late 11th or early 12th century. Numerous good 17th -19th century headstones. Random rubble boundary walls; 2 gateways in E wall with square corniced gatepiers, those nearest N dated 1902 with wrought-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. A good late 18th century T-plan church with handsome Victorian interior. A grass-grown mound in the churchyard, covered by later graves represents the site of E end of the medieval church. The 13th century carved stones are of national importance.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17792549

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets