All Saints Episcopal Church (Challoch)
The All Saints Episcopal Church is a church building of the episcopal Scottish Episcopal Church near the Scottish town of Newton Stewart in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1991 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
Originally the church was built as a private chapel for Edward James Stopford-Blair of Penninghame House . The London architecture firm Habbershon & Pate is responsible for the design . After the foundation stone was laid on November 16, 1871, Bishop Wilson consecrated it on November 8 of the following year. The organ was installed in 1881. The system, built by Harston in Newark-on-Trent , was restored in 1992 and appears to be the only still functional example of the organ builder in Great Britain. In his will, Stopford-Blair bequeathed the building to the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1885 .
description
The All Saints Episcopal Church stands off the A714 on the northern edge of the hamlet of Challoch around three kilometers northwest of Newton Stewart. The Cree flows about 200 m east. The masonry is made of dark stone that has been carved into irregular blocks. The contrasting natural stone surrounds made of red sandstone are set off . The building is divided into two parts, the nave and the somewhat narrower choir to the east . Stepped buttresses divide the façades vertically. Lancet windows are embedded in the four axis wide side facades . A wooden porch on a stone base emerges on the left on the south side. A staircase leads to the crypt . The nave closes with a gable roof . The bell tower sits on the right as a slender roof turret with a pointed helmet. The gable side of the choir is designed with tracery made up of three lancet windows.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the parish
- ↑ Entry on All Saints Episcopal Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
- Entry on All Saints Episcopal Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 54 ° 58 '32.7 " N , 4 ° 31' 28.4" W.