Steeple Tower, St Andrew's Rc Pro-Cathedral, Shakespeare Street, Dumfries

2 broadly similar Romanesque towers, now free-standing,

remains of pro-cathedral burnt 1961. Both towers are

square-plan, W-facing and with round-arched doors, openings

and recessed panels, clasping pilaster strips, louvred

bipartite belfry in each top stage; some arcaded corbel tables.

Red ashlar, exposed rubble where church formerly adjoined.

North tower: "designed by the Honourable Marmaduke C Maxwell

of Terregles" (MacDowall); built 1843, together with

(demolished) school; 4 stages, pair tall round-arched panels

in 3rd stage. Shallow-pitched and slated pyramidal capping

suggests original intention to add spire.

South tower: by John H Bell (? of Dumfries), and built by

1858 when lucarned tall Gothic broach spire (135' high

excluding 12' cross finial) was added by Alexander Fraser

of Dumfries. Tower has 3 tall stages; modern sculpture of

St Andrew on E face.

Some fragments of church walling also survive.