St Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalmahoy Estate

John Henderson, 1850. Simple rectangular-plan Gothic church with N aisle, vestry to NE and porch to S. Squared and stugged honey-coloured sandstone with ashlar dressings and margins. Pointed-arch door, trefoil-headed lancets, hoodmoulds, moulded labelstops; eaves cornice, saw-toothed coped buttresses, fleur-de-lis finials, base course.

S ELEVATION: 4-bay nave with lower 2-bay chancel at E end. Gabled stone porch to outer left; diagonal buttresses framing entrance; moulded pointed arch carried on sandstone colonettes; blind lancet in gablehead; cross finial. 2 small paired in E returns. Red and black Minton tiles with fleur-de-lis and lion motif. Chamfered door surround with datestone AD 1850 above keystone; studded wooden door. 3 symmetrical bays to right with lancets divided by buttresses. Lower 2 bays of chancel to outer right recessed; 2-light windows under eaves with colonette mullions.

E ELEVATION: gable with 3-light East window; diagonal buttresses. Recessed to right is E return of N aisle; small 2-light lancet at centre.

W ELEVATION: gable with 2-light traceried window at centre; diagonal buttresses. Gable capped by gabletted bellcote of 2 pointed arches with pierced quatrefoil in spandrel. W return of porch recessed to left.

N ELEVATION: 5-bay asymmetrical; gabled N aisle to outer left with porch entrance on W side at re-entrant angle between taller penultimate bay and aisle. 3 symmetrical bays to outer right, lancets divided by buttresses. 2-light window in N gable; cross finial; set-back buttresses. Lean-to porch with pointed arch, studded door, small 2-light lancets on N return.

Diamond-pane leaded lights, (windows now all with grilles). Graded grey slate roof, saw-tooth ashlar coping to skews; fleur-de-lis iron ridge cresting. Truncated coped ridge stack on N side.

INTERIOR: 1850 with later additions and remodelling in 1883. Chancel arch painted with psalm text(now faded), 'I will wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar O Lord'. Ribbed ceiling painted deep blue with stars. Stone altar under E window, painted and giled with foliage capitals; painted medallions of the pelican and conquering lamb. Minton tiles. Gothic sedilia, piscina and easter sepulchre. Stained glass of various dates. Organ by Hamilton of Edinburgh at N side of the chancel, repositioned in 1883 from original position at NE end of chancel. Gothic pulpit at SE corner of nave. Stone font at W end. Stained glass memorial windows. Brass corona chandeliers.