Description

James Salmon 1860. Decorated Gothic. Coursers of
differing depth with polished dressings. 5-bay
buttressed rectangular plan. South west gabled front
interesting composition stepping up from right to left
with gabled doorway, hood mould and head label stops,
mouldings die into splays wheel rose window over, cusped
light at apex of gable, low 3-stage tower to left with
angle buttresses, and 2-light plate tracery top stage
openings, bold arcaded cornice and broach spire with 2-
light belfry lucarnes, and weathercock; 'aisle' front
on right recessed at upper level with small splayed
lancet. Depressed single-light windows at flanks.
Vestry with door and window to each gable at north east
end. Fine patterned slated roof. Single-span interior
with U-plan gallery on slender cast-iron stanchions.
Braced king post roof with painted boarded ceiling.
Churchyard has square ashlar gatepiers with
denticulated cornices and steeply raked capping, dwarf
walls with railings between gablet piers.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

Built as relic for Old Parish Church. Cost $4,218.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17851108

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)