Dunbar Parish Church

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Dunbar Parish Church

The Dunbar Parish Church is a Presbyterian church building in the Scottish town of Dunbar in the Council Area East Lothian . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.

history

The earliest mention of a church at this location is from 1176. In 1342, Patrick V, Earl of Dunbar, made it a collegiate church . This makes it the third oldest collegiate church in Scotland and the oldest in Lothian. With the Scottish Reformation, it lost this status again in 1560. In 1793 a bell tower about ten meters high was added before the building was completely redesigned in 1779. In 1818 it was decided to build a new church at the same location. After the last mass was read on March 7, 1819, the medieval church was demolished.

The foundation stone of what is now Dunbar Parish Church was laid on April 17, 1819. The Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham provided the design for the new building . Wall & Dickson carried out the work which totaled £ 6,000. The building was opened on April 20, 1821. The renovation of the interior was made possible in 1897 thanks to a long-standing fundraising campaign. In 1987 a fire devastated the building, after which it was repaired. The leaded glass windows were used in 1990.

description

The church building is in the middle of the surrounding cemetery off Queen's Road , the city 's main street. On the west-facing front of the neo-Gothic building a bell tower rises in the center. Hexagonal turrets frame the tower and close above the crenellated flat roof. Circumferential coffin cornices divide the tower horizontally into four segments. While the entrance at the foot of a Tudor arch closes, it concerns with the overlying coupled windows to lancet windows . All openings are simply suspected . Pairs of tall tracery flank the tower on the west side of the nave. A semi-octagonal apse protrudes on the east side . It wasn't added until 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information from the Rosslyn Templars ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Dunbar Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ^ Information from the Scotland's Churches Trust

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Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′ 56.6 "  N , 2 ° 30 ′ 42.5"  W.