Dornock Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Dornock Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stone-fog
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dornock Parish Church was built in 1793 and features a straightforward T-plan design. The church has round-headed openings and a four-bay long south elevation, with a low vestry attached to the east gable. An unusual porch was added to the north in 1861. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, polished margins, impost blocks, and keystones. There is a blind oculus in the north gable and a birdcage belfry, while the other main gables are topped with ball-finialled blocks. The glazing, possibly from 1861, is margined, and the roofs are covered with slate.
Inside, the church was refurbished and re-seated by James Barbour between 1884 and 1885. It features a panelled octagonal pulpit centered on the south wall, which has a pilastered backboard that may be original. Opposite the pulpit is a gallery installed in 1861, which has a similarly detailed panelled front. Circa 1900, painted and leaded glass windows flank the pulpit.
The churchyard contains an important group of three 13th-century coped grave stones near the east boundary. The northernmost stone is earthfast and badly weathered, while the other two are richly carved and supported on four small Romanesque capitals dating from the late 11th or early 12th century. There are also numerous well-preserved headstones from the 17th to 19th centuries. The boundary walls are made of random rubble, with two gateways in the east wall featuring square corniced gatepiers. The northernmost gateway, dated 1902, has wrought-iron gates.
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