St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Abbey Court, Kelso

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 02/07/1980 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Burgh Kelso NGR NT 72768 33737 Coordinates 372768, 633737 — Robert Rowand Anderson, 1868-9; porch enlarged 1890; geometric Gothic, bull-faced coursed rubble with yellow freestone dressings; 4 bay aisled nave with a single two-light decorated window between buttresses per bay at the aisles and paired circular clerestory windows. At the west end of the south aisle a gabled porch, 1890, replaces the original gabled doorway. From the angle between the south aisle and the Chancel two tall stepped buttresses rise to clasp a small lancetted drum turret with a small conical spire. This has diminutive lucarnes and is banded with red sandstone and incised ornament, weather-vane at summit. Square ended chancel 2 bays, with 2 light decorated window between buttresses per bay. Tall slated roofs with ornamental tiled ridge and cross-finials at gables. INTERIOR: good contemporary furnishings including sculptured reredos carved and signed by James Forsyth with scenes depicting Moses striking rock for water, Israelites collecting manna, and at centre Agony in Garden. Chancel ceiling has fine stencilled decoration. Stained glass by Douglas Strachan 1940s. — Built on site of church of 1769. Churchyard contains many memorials from the earlier church including good gothic bas-relief with weeping figure, by H Weekes of John Robertson of Ednam of 1844.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.