Description

Late 14th to late 15th centuries. Cruciform 206' x 32', 113'
across transepts 30' wide. Nave 5 bays, chancel 4, both
aisled with clerestory, transepts 2 bay aisleless central
tower formerly with crown, ashlar with slated roofs. Nave has
pinnacled buttresses, round arched double-opening w-door,
6-light window above; interior has clustered piers at arcade.
Aisles originally had masonry vaults, removed and arches of
arcade lifted to accommodated galleries by James Burn to
Archibald Elliot's design 1811, new plaster vaults to both
nave and aisles: crenellated parapets and new pinnacles
supplied same date. Galleries removed, refurnishing, George
Henderson 1891 Transepts roofless with NW angle missing until
1971, rebuilt and reroofed Ian G Lindsay and Partners,
vaults replaced in fibreglass to original design tower
reroofed and vaulted; choir walls, similar to nave but
unaltered. 2-light aisle windows instead of 3 as in nave,
repaired in 1858 and 1866, tracery of 4-light, E window
replaced 1877, further repairs and underpinning 1926-30,
restored and reroofed 1971-72 by Ian G Lindsay and Partners,
with fibreglass vaults over main vessel and aisles
reproducing original scheme. Revestry on N side of choir
partly rebuilt 17th century pointed barrel vault, fine double
arched monument to the 1st Lord Maitland (+1595) and the 2nd
lord, white and black marble with alabaster effigies to both
lords and their wives. John Stirling stained glass window,
by William Wilson, 1946; earlier glass of interest, some by
Heaton Butler and Bayne.

Statement of Interest

Guardianship Monument (Lauderdale Aisle only)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• St Mary's Collegiate Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2795778

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)