Church Of St George (United Reformed)

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SD3317SE LORD STREET 664-1/12/116 (East side) 15/11/72 CHURCH OF ST GEORGE United Reformed Church (Formerly Listed as: LORD STREET/ST GEORGE'S PLACE St George's Presbyterian Church)

GV II

Presbyterian church, now United Reformed church. 1873-4; altered 1931 by Irving & Mosscrip. Coursed rock-faced sandstone rubble, slate roof. EXTERIOR: the 3-stage tower, with angle-buttresses, corner pinnacles and a tall broached spire, has a 2-centred arched west doorway in a shallow steeply-gabled porch set between the buttresses, with elaborate enrichment including 3 orders of moulding with colonnettes, a multi-foil in the gable and crocketed coping with a finial; a triple niche of sharply pointed crocketed trefoils in the centre of the second stage; pairs of 2-light louvred belfry windows with hoodmoulds; an arcaded frieze and oversailing pierced parapet; and lucarnes at 2 levels of the spire. The flanking ends of the nave have moulded 2-centred arched doorways and 2-centred arched 2-light windows above; and its 5-bay side walls have buttresses and large 2-centred arched 3-light windows with alternating forms of plate tracery. INTERIOR: simple single vessel, with wooden and glazed arcaded screen at west end, some panelling and furnishing at east end in similar style, and canted ceiling with exposed beams.

Listing NGR: SD3385217468