Description

Sydney Mitchell, 1890. Plain rectangular church, orientated

east-west on steeply sloping north facing site. All sneck

coursed bullfaced rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. Aisle,

lower in height, aligned to north elevation, terminating

against substantial square 2-stage tower at NW.

Square entrance porch at west gable, pointed-headed entrance, crenellated wallhead. Church lit by 3 paired pointed-headed

lancets with Y-tracery in west gable, 5-light Y-traceried

window in east gable and 4 pointed-headed windows in north

and south elevations. North elevation has substantial raised

basement front lit by 2 wide Y-traceried windows and fronted

by large modern flat roofed projecting hall on stilt

foundations. Lattice glazing. 2-stage square tower at NW lit

by single hoodmoulded pointed-headed window in north and

west; paired louvred lancets in each face of upper stage

linked by cill band; crenellated wallhead with stumpy angle

finials; squat pyramidal roof with apex weathervane. Slate

roofs.

Interior; aisle divided by slender octagonal wooden columns

with paired brackets springing from capitals; shallow braced

ceiling with compartments decorated with stars. Simple pews;

gallery at west.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56633556

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)