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Dunscore Parish Church

A Category A Listed Building in Dunscore, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1404 / 55°8'25"N

Longitude: -3.7796 / 3°46'46"W

OS Eastings: 286661

OS Northings: 584340

OS Grid: NX866843

Mapcode National: GBR 2910.J3

Mapcode Global: WH5W7.X2C3

Plus Code: 9C7R46RC+55

Entry Name: Dunscore Parish Church

Listing Name: Dunscore Village Dunscore Parish Church and Churchyard

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 335466

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB4230

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200335466

Location: Dunscore

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Parish: Dunscore

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

James Thomson of Dumfries, architect. Built 1823-4. Simple, rectangular-plan, 3-bay simply buttressed, Gothic church,

3-stage square tower at west gable. Rubble-built, with

contrasting painted ashlar dressings, and long and short

worked dressings to doors, windows and tower quoins. All

openings hood-moulded and pointed, windows to body of church

have simple Y-traceried mullion with transom at gallery

level. Small panes, glazing bars also Y-traceried. Tower door

faces west, lintelled doorway, traceried fanlight; windows to

flanks. Tower stages off-set; blind window (continuous cill

course at eaves level) to each face of middle stage; louvred

belfry openings (with modern clock to 2 faces) above.

Pinnacles to buttresses linked by simple parapet. Door

between 2 windows in east gable; cill band, hood-moulds

linked by string course on side elevations. Cornice and

blocking course; slate roof.

Interior: horseshoe gallery, with panelled front, on plain

columns; curved pulpit below domed sounding board, latter

supported by pilastered and panelled back board on west wall;

flanking doors at middle stage of tower, with flight of steps

to each.

Quadrangular churchyard enclosure has rubble-built,

ashlar-coped perimeter wall. Mostly 19th century monuments,

but some earlier, notably 17th/18th century Grierson of

Dalgonar enclosure.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical Building in use as such. Category A for

interior fittings.

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