Historic churches · Central Scotland
Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston
Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston — category C listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston is a category C listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB2117). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Category C Date Added 07/11/2007 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Earlston NGR NT 58059 38756 Coordinates 358059, 638756 — Hardy & Wight, dated 1891. Roughly rectangular-plan, Gothic revival church, with three-bay entrance gable flanked by 4-stage tower to left and 2-storey stair tower to right; 3 adjoining forward-facing gables to side elevations; single storey vestry extending from NE corner. Coursed, bull-faced red sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Deep base course to entrance elevation. Predominantly regularly-set stone- mullioned 3-light pointed arch windows; those to upper storey with cusped heads and hood moulds. Side gables divided by shouldered buttresses. FURTHER DESCRIPTION: 2-leaf timber-boarded door to centre of entrance gable recessed in gabled chamfered architrave, flanked by short shouldered buttresses; bipartite windows to outer bays; traceried tripartite window above. 4-stage tower recessed to left with timber-boarded door, deep balustraded parapet and weather vane. Timber boarded door in stair tower to right. Small pane glazing in fixed light windows. Welsh slate roof with crested terracotta ridge tiles. Ashlar-coped skews. Cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: trussed timber roof carried on slender iron columns. Galleries, on S, E and W sides with Gothic fretwork on the front panels, carried on square iron pillars. Dado-height timber-boarded panelling with fretwork decoration, carried to gallery level behind pulpit. 1920 communion table. WALLS, RAILINGS, GRAVEYARD: good ironwork at S gateway with path leading up slope to church. Random rubble walls enclosing graveyard. Gravestones date from the 17th to 20th centuries, including Rhymer's stone set into SE corner of exterior church wall (see Notes). — E
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Earlston Parish Church is located on Church Street in Earlston, central Scotland. It is designated as a category C listed building, signifying its historical and architectural significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.6405, -2.6679
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD4 6HS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Sources
- wikidata: Q56614434 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston?
- Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode TD4 6HS).
- Is Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston a listed building?
- Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston is officially recognised as category C listed building listed.
- Is Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston free to visit?
- Yes, Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston is free to enter.
- How do I get to Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TD4 6HS. It sits within the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk parliamentary constituency.