Historic churches · Central Scotland
Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw
Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw — category C 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
Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw is a category C listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB47505). 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 C Date Added 19/12/2000 Local Authority North Lanarkshire Planning Authority North Lanarkshire Burgh Motherwell And Wishaw NGR NS 79492 54853 Coordinates 279492, 654853 — CHURCH: David Thomson, 1876. Gothic church on corner site, cruciform-plan, gabled, square 3-stage tower with broach spire to SE corner and round 2-stage tower set-back from SW corner, gabled porch. Squared yellow sandstone coursers with ashlar margins; base course, gallery-height string course, set-back buttresses with sawtooth coping, predominantly lancet openings with hoodmoulds. SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: stone steps to gabled porch with kneelers to centre, double-chamfered pointed entrance arch, engaged supporting columns with stiff-leaf capitals, hoodmoulds with mask stops, quatrefoil to crossgable, crocketted stone finial to apex of gable; small trefoiled lancets to flanking bays; large 5-light window with geometric tracery to crossgable, cross finial. TOWER: square tower to right; staggered small plain cusped lancets to 1st stage; window to 2nd stage with elongated gablet hoodmould below paired small cusped windows with oversized hoodmould, cill course; 5-light pointed arch stone-mullioned opening to belfry with cill course, corbelled cornice; octagonal broach spire with gabled lucarnes. Squat round tower to left angle; double chamfered lancet arch door to SW, 4 regularly fenestrated cusped lancets to 2nd stage, continuous hoodmould cill course, corbelled cornice, conical roof. NE (REAR) ELEVATION: squared and snecked rubble; large quadripartite window to centre, geometric flatwork, stone mullions. SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: advanced gabled transept, 3 plain lancets to ground; large hood moulded plate tracery window of paired bipartites and multifoil, quatrefoil to cross gable. Regularly fenes
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Thornlie Parish Church is located on West Thornlie Street in Wishaw, central Scotland. This building is designated as a category C listed structure, reflecting its historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.7719, -3.9226
- District
- North Lanarkshire
- Postcode
- ML2 8AT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Sources
- wikidata: Q77774485 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw?
- Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode ML2 8AT).
- Is Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw a listed building?
- Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw is officially recognised as category C listed building listed.
- Is Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw free to visit?
- Yes, Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw is free to enter.
- How do I get to Thornlie Parish Church, West Thornlie Street, Wishaw?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ML2 8AT. It sits within the Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke parliamentary constituency.