Lasswade, Old Parish Church And Churchyard

Heritage listing

Date Added 26/04/1993 Supplementary Information Updated 20/07/2021 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church, Secular: mausoleum Local Authority Midlothian Parish Lasswade NGR NT 30188 66104 Coordinates 330188, 666104 — The monumnent consists of the remains of the former parish church of Lasswade, dedicated to St Edwin and built in the 13th century. The church has been rebuilt on several occasions, but still retains original architectural features. The church was a single rectangular chamber, 6.2m by 18m externally, and orientated E-W. Two side aisles were added in the 17th century, and appear to post-date a tower at the W end. The latter collapsed in 1866. A chancel may have been added at the E end at some date, but this is obscured by later building work. Most of the S and W walls are reduced to foundations, while the E and N walls are partly incorporated in a series of burial enclosures. The best-preserved portions are the NE aisle, now a mausoleum, and the added 17th century mausoleum, which lies to the W of the N aisle, built for the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden (d. 1649). The latter is rubble built but incorporates a round-headed doorway and a medieval finial cross. Two further mausolea, of Victorian date, lie to the E of the remains of the nave, and may obscure an earlier chancel. A number of fine gravestones, of 17th-19th century date, lie near to, and within, the ruins of the church and its attendant mausolea. The area to be scheduled is approximately rectangular, 40m E-W by 25m N-S, to incorporate the church and mausolea. It is bounded on the N and S by gravel paths, which are not themselves included in the scheduling. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.