Historic churches · Central Scotland
Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell
Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB44172). 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 B Date Added 07/03/1997 Local Authority Midlothian Planning Authority Midlothian Parish Lasswade NGR NT 28848 62450 Coordinates 328848, 662450 — Dated 1871; later alterations by Hardy & Wight, 1897. Gabled hall church with gablet belfry, short transepts and shallow semi-circular chancel to W and square-plan presbytery to N. Red brick with yellow brick margins and ashlar dressings. Base course; half buttresses with quoined pilasters above; ashlar date stone to entrance porch; square panel with carved detail and inscription to gablehead; dentilled eaves course. E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: pitched entrance porch at ground to centre; 2-leaf, point arched boarded door with 2-leaf boarded door to right return; circular window centred above; gablet belfry to gablehead. Windows at ground flanking. W (REAR) ELEVATION: centred, 3-light semi-circular chancel with semi- conical roof; gable above. Half-buttresses to ground flanking. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay, with advanced, single bay transept to outer right. Window to each bay with half buttress between. Window to gabled transept with half buttress at ground flanking. Repeated to N elevation. INTERIOR: aisleless with shallow transepts to N and S; hood moulded pointed-arch over altar with chancel behind; organ in chancel; boarded dado; hood-moulds over windows; Timber boarding to ceiling; octagonal pulpit to left (N) of altar; portable font; timber pews. Pointed-arched windows with lying-panes; circular window to E; banded grey slate roof; slate to presbytery; slab coped skews; slab coped buttresses; ashlar skews to transepts; cast-iron rainwater goods. — The additions made in 1897 were probably the shallow transepts and the semi-circular chancel; perhaps also the presbytery.
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Rosewell Parish Church is located on Carnethie Street in Rosewell, central Scotland. This church is a category B listed building, reflecting its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.8500, -3.1380
- District
- Midlothian
- Postcode
- EH24 9AH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Midlothian
Sources
- wikidata: Q17828118 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell?
- Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH24 9AH).
- Is Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell a listed building?
- Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell free to visit?
- Yes, Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell is free to enter.
- How do I get to Rosewell Parish Church, Carnethie Street, Rosewell?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH24 9AH. It sits within the Midlothian parliamentary constituency.