Description

James Barbour of Dumfries. Dated 1866. Gothic church with
main gable to street with curvilinear tracery to openings
and to door tympanum. Recessed semi-octagonal stair turrets
flank nave; shallow 2-light transepts. Stugged red coursers,
polished dressings. Central painted doorway with nook-shafts,
on main gabled elevation, flanked by circular openings and
with engaged tall, finialled shallow buttress over; 2 tall
windows; pinnacled angle buttresses; parapet with cusped
detailing; belfry finial on solid square base. Slated roofs,
facetted over stair turrets.
Interior: gallery with decorative and stencilled front to 3
sides supported on cast-iron columns; upper tier of columns
support shallow arches below roof; arched recess to apse
behind organ; octagonal pulpit. Ribbed ceiling with angle
brackets.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Originally Maxwelltown free church. Foundation stone laid 6.7.1865; opened 15.11.1866.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795006

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings