Historic churches · Central Scotland
St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton
St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton — category B 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
St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB26690). 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 28/03/1990 Local Authority East Lothian Planning Authority East Lothian Burgh East Linton NGR NT 59211 77189 Coordinates 359211, 677189 — Built as Free Church, begun 1843, enlarged 1857. Now (1988) Church of Scotland. Street elevation; tower and stair to gallery added 1880, adjoining earlier hall. Squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Random whinstone rubble at sides and rear. Window bays slightly recessed to N; corbel table to eaves and cornice. TOWER AND PORCH tower and gallery stair 1880. Entrance in central, advanced, 3-stage tower. Doorway in shallow projecting porch; engaged columns with decorative Neo-Romanesque capitals, moulded round arch above, 6 diamond-panels to double door. String course above; plate traceried rose window. String course above with ornamental stepped corbel table. Louvred bipartite with column mullion in round-headed panel with clock. Grey slates to helm roof; finial and weather vane. Lean-to gallery stair projection to right of tower with 2 narrow round arched windows. 3 sided stair turret above in re-entrant angle with narrow arched windows to each face; grey slates to polygonal roof. 2-storey gallery stair block recessed bay to right with column-mullioned bipartite at gallery level. Bay to left with 2 round-arched windows at ground floor; tripartite with columned mullions above. Gable ends of N and S returns with 3 round-headed windows stepping down to S at ground, 3 of standard height at 1st floor. 4-pane glazing to round-headed windows. Grey slates, straight skews. Entrance to body of church via vestry; single storey projection to E with crowstepped gable added 1887. S ELEVATION: 2 tall windows at rear with brick relieving arches. Single storey heating chamber adjoined at rear. Grey slates, straight
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
St Andrew's Church is located in The Square, East Linton, central Scotland. This church is a category B listed building, signifying its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.9859, -2.6553
- District
- East Lothian
- Postcode
- EH40 3AE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lothian East
- Official site
- canmore.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17804895 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton?
- St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH40 3AE).
- Is St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton a listed building?
- St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton free to visit?
- Yes, St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH40 3AE. It sits within the Lothian East parliamentary constituency.