Terregles Church

Terregles Church is a building that dates back to around 1800, occupying the approximate site of an earlier nave. The choir, which was renovated in 1875 by architects James Barbour and J Halliday of Dumfries, now serves as a burial vault and Roman Catholic chapel.

The choir is constructed of rubble with red ashlar dressings and consists of two bays. It features a three-sided east end with roll-moulded pointed windows that have intersecting tracery, along with a datestone and crests. The corners are adorned with angle shafts that have cable moulding on the capitals and pinnacles. Buttresses were added in 1875, and there are small lights along the long walls. A round-headed doorway is located at the west end of the south wall, framed by a roll-moulded architrave and a hood-mould decorated with dog-tooth ornament. The door features ornate cast-iron panels from 1875, and a re-used cross-slab serves as the threshold. The roof is covered with slate, featuring fish-scale bands, ornamental ridges, and an apex ventilator.

Inside, much of the interior dates from 1875 and includes a notable late 17th-century Classical monument beside the door. Above the central crypt is a figure of resurrection by J Birnie Philip, which is signed and appears to have been assisted by Signor Fucigni. The crypt has parapets, and the altar rails and altar are made of white ashlar, with the altar resting on two squat red granite columns with foliated capitals, all featuring gothic detailing. The windows are leaded, and the roof is open-timbered.

The parish church has a rectangular plan with round-headed windows and is built of squared red rubble with polished margins. There is a small vestry to the south and a birdcage belfry with a ball finial over the west gable. Windows were inserted into the north wall, and a west porch was added around 1890. The roof is finished with graded slates and red ridging tiles, topped with a ball finial at the east.

The interior was remodeled between 1900 and 1902 by James Barbour, featuring decorative roof timbers with cusping and billet moulding. There is a gallery with a panelled front on corbels that is asymmetrically swept behind window reveals, as well as a World War II memorial window on the north wall and pews with panelled backs.

The churchyard contains several interesting headstones from the 17th to 19th centuries and is enclosed by rubble-built walls. There is a gate at the north, situated between two buildings.