New Abbey Parish Church, Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey

James Barbour of Dumfries, architect. Built 1876-7. T-plan

Gothic church with gabled belfry raised high above porch in

south east re-entrant angle. Squared and snecked white

granite blocks with red sandstone ashlar dressings and

bull-faced quoins; some single angle buttresses.

Geometric-traceried, pointed and hood-moulded windows, gabled

main porch on east side of nave, pointed doorway in splayed

reveals, hood-mould with dog-tooth ornament. Belfry,

curiously 2-dimensional, with traceried 2-light opening on

buttressed tall shaft.

Continuous string stepped to link cills and carried as

hood-mould over south-facing doors. Blocked eaves;

saw-toothed skews; cross finial over either main gable; slate

roof. Modern hall added to west is excluded from listing.

Interior: elaborate roof timbers; low octagonal pulpit,

leaded south window inserted after 1914.