Dunscore Parish Church

Dunscore Parish Church, designed by architect James Thomson of Dumfries, was built between 1823 and 1824. This simple, rectangular-plan church features three bays and is buttressed in a Gothic style. At the west gable, there is a three-stage square tower made of rubble, accented with contrasting painted ashlar dressings and long and short worked dressings around the doors, windows, and tower quoins. The openings are hood-moulded and pointed, with the church's windows showcasing simple Y-traceried mullions and transoms at the gallery level, along with small panes and Y-traceried glazing bars.

The tower door faces west and features a lintelled doorway with a traceried fanlight, along with windows on the flanks. The tower's stages are offset, with each face of the middle stage having a blind window and a continuous cill course at eaves level. Above are louvred belfry openings, and a modern clock is installed on two faces. The pinnacles on the buttresses are connected by a simple parapet. There is a door between two windows in the east gable, with a cill band and hood-moulds linked by a string course on the side elevations. The church is topped with a slate roof and has a cornice and blocking course.

Inside, there is a horseshoe gallery with a panelled front supported by plain columns. Below the gallery is a curved pulpit under a domed sounding board, which is supported by a pilastered and panelled back board on the west wall. There are flanking doors at the middle stage of the tower, each with a flight of steps leading to them.

The churchyard is enclosed by a quadrangular rubble-built wall with ashlar coping. While most of the monuments date from the 19th century, there are some earlier ones, including the 17th and 18th century Grierson of Dalgonar enclosure.