United Free Church, Morebattle

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 29/02/2000 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Morebattle NGR NT 77277 24858 Coordinates 377277, 624858 — Thomas Pilkington, 1866 with substantial alterations (and change of use). Single storey 4-bay aisled church, now much altered with interior fittings removed. Squared and coursed whinstone with stugged, droved and polished ashlar dressings; whinstone rubble to S elevation with sandstone ashlar dressings. Flush ashlar quoins. NE ELEVATION: 2-bay grouped to centre, gabled with paired windows at ground in bay to inner right with ogival, Moorish-arched windows and intermediate lozenge-shaped panel above with floriate carving; string course swept over panel with fleur-de-lys to upper point. Ornate foliate design to cornice between central 2 bays. Bay to inner right formerly similar, now with opening at ground with iron joist-lintel and concrete blinding of arch-heads, panel in place. Circular panel between 2 bays with floriate carving. 4 trefoil lights to hoodmoulded rose window set in gablehead with carved gentian-like and foliate radiating mullions. Outer buttresses to central bays, chamfered above ground with foliate corbelling below skew ends. Aisle to outer left set back slightly with paired lancets with arches as above; intermediate quatrefoil light above. Bay to outer right slightly set back from centre 2-bay group; 2-leaf boarded door set in shoulder-arched doorpiece flanked by short foliate-capitaled columns each on pedestal, supporting ogee-arched (as above) and gable doorpiece. Chamfered corner with rolled foliate corbelling below eaves-height. NW ELEVATION: not seen fully. Gabled bay to outer left with bipartite window and quatrefoil window to gablehead. Gabled bellcote to apex, with large ashlar fl

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.