Eccles Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 09/06/1971 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Eccles NGR NT 76399 41322 Coordinates 376399, 641322 — 1774; I Noble, architect vestry addition, 1862; interior alterations 1930. Rectangular-plan, 5- by 3-bay plain classical church with 3-stage square-plan tower and surmounting belfry centred in E end; single storey, single bay gabled addition (former vestry) to right. Harl-pointed tooled sandstone rubble; sandstone ashlar dressings (droved in part). Raised base course; architraved string courses to tower; corbelled cornice to belfry. Raised quoin strips; droved rubble long and short surrounds to openings; raised margins; flush cills. Round-arched and square-headed windows. NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: engaged tower advanced at centre with steps to recessed 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; round-arched window at 1st floor; blind at remaining 2 stages. Surmounting belfry with round-arched window; 1659 bell within (recast 1897); sandstone finial above concave roof. Square-headed window at ground in bay recessed to outer left; round-arched window aligned above. Single window centred in gabled addition slightly advanced to outer right; round-arched window set behind at 1st floor. SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 5-bay. 3 regularly-spaced, large round-arched nave windows at centre; square-headed windows at ground in bays to outer left and right (infilled doors?); circular windows aligned above. SW (REAR) ELEVATION: recessed 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; round-arched window aligned above; small oculus centred in gablehead; cross finial. Square-headed windows at ground in flanking bays; round-arched windows above. NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3 regularly-spaced, large round-arched nave windows at centre. Square-h

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.