St Bride's Church, Church Road, Sanquhar

St Bride's Church, located on Church Road in Sanquhar, was designed by architect James Thomson of Dumfries and constructed between 1822 and 1824. This Gothic church features a three-bay rectangular plan and a three-stage square tower at the west gable. In 1930, an aisled chancel and north transept were added by architects Jeffrey Waddel and Young of Glasgow. The church's original openings are pointed and hood-moulded, with Y-traceried windows that include ornamented small-paned glazing, all made of grey ashlar stone.

The tower has offset stages, with a door facing west and a canted addition in the south re-entrant angle. Above the door, there are single openings that are louvred at the top. The tower is topped with simple spiked pinnacles at the corners and over the stepped buttresses. Both the chancel and transept feature windows with cusped tracery beneath shallow gables. There is a south-facing vestry door with an inscribed lintel and a crest above. The tall aisles have flat roofs, while most other roofs are slated.

Inside, the church was refitted in 1930, with wall plaster removed to expose the rubble beneath. A gallery at the west end, supported by square columns, has a panelled front. Below the chancel arch is a low pulpit, and opposite it is an arched tomb recess with an effigy. An organ is located on the north wall of the chancel, and there are some leaded windows, including a chancel window by J T & C E Stewart.

The churchyard, which was extended to the north in the 19th century and now extends to the west, is an irregularly shaped enclosure with rubble-built walls. The main gate is located to the south beside a shed, featuring corniced square ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps. The churchyard contains mostly 17th to 20th century stone monuments, some of which, including an early cross slab, are built into the churchyard wall. It also marks the site of an earlier church and includes martyr's graves, as well as a tall obelisk dedicated to Provost Hamilton, erected in 1816.