Description

James Barbour of Dumfries, architect, 1872-3, incorporating rectangular-plan 1803 church by John MacCracken of Dumfries

Romanesque style church, with 3-stage square entrance tower

at south west. White washed rubble with red ashlar dressings. Round-headed openings, arches mostly with chevron ornament,

columned jambs or mullions with cushion or scalloped capital

Tower: south-facing doorway (lean-to vestry in north re-

entrant angle) off-set top stage with louvred belfry opening

in round arched panel to each face. Bipartites to 3-bay nave

and 3-light wall head gable window westmost bay of either

long elevation. Porch on east gable with gabled south-facing

doorway. Saw-toothed skews; apex ventilator with parabolical

roof; roofed with graded slates.

Interior: leaded glass windows 1873-1960; west window by

Stephen Adam, circa 1904; open timbered roof on stone

corbels; round arched blind panel at west end; pulpit

alongside and dado all modern. Irregular-plan churchyard

enclosure, rubble-built walls, ashlar coping; plain

chamfered square gatepiers with pyramidal caps - wrought-

iron gates presented circa 1961. Some fine 17th-19th century

stone monument including that of Helen Walker, prototype of

"Jeanie Deans", erected by Sir Walter Scott.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical Building in use as such.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808712

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)