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Latitude: 55.1524 / 55°9'8"N
Longitude: -3 / 2°59'59"W
OS Eastings: 336372
OS Northings: 584681
OS Grid: NY363846
Mapcode National: GBR 78HV.9T
Mapcode Global: WH7YP.WRMH
Plus Code: 9C7V5222+W2
Entry Name: Erskine Church, Townhead, Langholm
Listing Name: 9 High Street, Erskine Parish Church
Listing Date: 3 August 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 382131
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37117
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Langholm, Townhead, Erskine Church
ID on this website: 200382131
Location: Langholm
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Langholm
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: Church building
R Baldie of Glasgow, architect. Dated 1867. Gothic church with square tower and broach spire. Coursed stugged ashlar with polished dressings, buttresses, strings and hood-moulds. Rectangular-plan, main gabled (W) elevation to High Street. Arcaded triple doorway in nave with flanking columns, doors deeply recessed and with cusped heads; tall window above with cusped tracery; aisles shallow recessed, left (N) aisle treated as tower bottom stage, unusually tall 2nd tower stage with elongated 2-light window with rose above to elevations. Lucarned stone spire. Skews with gableted skewputts; continuous slated roof. Pointed lights to flanks.
No longer in ecclesiastical use. Occupies prominent position. Foundation stone laid 1.5.1866. Originally North UP church.
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