Penninghame Parish Church
The Penninghame Parish Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Newton Stewart in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The building stands off Church Street in the center of Newton Stewart. It was built in 1838 to a design by Scottish architect William Burn , replacing an older church from 1777.
The neo-Gothic building has a cross-shaped floor plan. Natural stone details made of cream-colored polished sandstone contrast the layered masonry made of embossed dark stone. A three-story bell tower is located in front of the east side. At the foot there is the two-winged main portal in a pointed arch opening with a profiled reveal. The edges of the tower, which tapers towards the top, are decorated with cream-colored buttresses that end in pinnacles . Tracery consisting of two lancet windows and tower clocks are embedded in round recesses along its facade . It closes with a polygonal helmet with dormer windows .
In the inner corners between the tower and the nave, round towers with pointed arched windows emerge. Pointed cornices crown the pointed arched windows along the two-axis long nave . Tracery made of three lancet windows are used on the gable ends of the transept. The choir an axis wide. In 1881 a hall was added to the rear. Its design corresponds to the church, but is simpler. All roofs are covered with slate .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
- Entry on Penninghame Parish Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 54 ° 57 ′ 28.5 ″ N , 4 ° 29 ′ 6.7 ″ W.