Wamphray 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.
Wamphray Church
- WRENN ID
- lone-spandrel-azure
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
William MacGowan, 1834. Simple rectangular-plan 3-bay church
with round-headed windows with intersecting tracery,
bird-cage belfry above W gable, (altered) tall gabled vestry
and hall off-centre on E gable. Enclosed by churchyard.
CHURCH: rubble-built with contrasting red ashlar dressings
and chamfered margins. Square-headed main door (incorporating
carved medieval slab as lintel) on W gable in shallow
projecting vertical strip linked to belfry. Ball finial over
E gable. Vestry and hall with door in each flank, modern
glazing below slate-hung gable head. Roofed with graded
slates. Simple interior, renovated 1899; pulpit at E,
panelled vestibule at W.
CHURCHYARD: enclosed by rubble-built walls with main gate at
E; extended to N in 20th century. Mostly 18th and 19th
century carved stone monuments; Rogerson burial enclosure
(red ashlar with rusticated quoins) with memorial to Dr John
Rogerson (1741-1823), first physician to the emperor of
Russia; Carruthers of Milne column near main gate.
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.