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Erskine Church, Townhead, Langholm

A Category B Listed Building in Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1524 / 55°9'8"N

Longitude: -3 / 2°59'59"W

OS Eastings: 336372

OS Northings: 584681

OS Grid: NY363846

Mapcode National: GBR 78HV.9T

Mapcode Global: WH7YP.WRMH

Plus Code: 9C7V5222+W2

Entry Name: Erskine Church, Townhead, Langholm

Listing Name: 9 High Street, Erskine Parish Church

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382131

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37117

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382131

Location: Langholm

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Langholm

Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

R Baldie of Glasgow, architect. Dated 1867. Gothic church with square tower and broach spire. Coursed stugged ashlar with polished dressings, buttresses, strings and hood-moulds. Rectangular-plan, main gabled (W) elevation to High Street. Arcaded triple doorway in nave with flanking columns, doors deeply recessed and with cusped heads; tall window above with cusped tracery; aisles shallow recessed, left (N) aisle treated as tower bottom stage, unusually tall 2nd tower stage with elongated 2-light window with rose above to elevations. Lucarned stone spire. Skews with gableted skewputts; continuous slated roof. Pointed lights to flanks.

Statement of Interest

No longer in ecclesiastical use. Occupies prominent position. Foundation stone laid 1.5.1866. Originally North UP church.

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