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Old Parish Church, St Patrick Street, Portpatrick

A Category B Listed Building in Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8426 / 54°50'33"N

Longitude: -5.1169 / 5°7'0"W

OS Eastings: 199960

OS Northings: 554209

OS Grid: NW999542

Mapcode National: GBR FHRX.6Y1

Mapcode Global: WH1RF.CJMX

Plus Code: 9C6PRVVM+26

Entry Name: Old Parish Church, St Patrick Street, Portpatrick

Listing Name: St Patrick Street, Old Parish Church Graveyard, Boundary Walls and Gates

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350544

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16744

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Portpatrick, St Patrick Street, Old Parish Church churchyard

ID on this website: 200350544

Location: Portpatrick

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Parish: Portpatrick

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Graveyard to W of Old Parish Church (see separate scheduling) on hillside siting. Predominantly 19th century graves, but some earlier 18th century headstones remaining. Predominantly headstone graves; several column memorials. BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATES: rubble boundary walls enclosing site; pair of iron gates to St Patrick St.

Statement of Interest

In the graveyard lie 60 people from the wreck of the Orion, a Glasgow and Liverpool steamer boat. The accident happened in fine weather, a quarter of a mile N of Portpatrick Harbour on 18th June 1850.

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