Cummertrees Parish Church is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Cummertrees Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- hidden-wattle-elm
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Cummertrees Parish Church, dated 1777, is set within an enclosed churchyard that features a war memorial and a lych gate. The church has a T-plan layout and is characterized by round-headed windows, although the northern jamb may not be original. Alterations made around 1877, possibly by John Starforth, include a canted stair turret, buttresses, and a belfry at the north gable, all constructed from red rubble with ashlar dressings. The church is rendered to resemble ashlar, with red ashlar margins and dressings. The south wall has a 4-bay long bolection-moulded wide doorway in the west gable, and the east door, which is enclosed by the vestry, features a rusticated surround and a dated keystone.
The church has angle buttresses topped with tall flat pinnacles, a birdcage belfry on a rusticated base, and a stepped cap. The roofs are covered with slate. Inside, there is a gallery at the north supported by two cast-iron clustered columns with an arcaded panelled front. The Gothic-panelled oak pulpit and communion table are likely from the early 20th century.
The churchyard is a quadrangular area enclosed by walls built of rubble with ashlar coping. A gabled hearse house is located at one corner. To the east of the church, there is an early 19th-century castellated gothic burial enclosure known as Kelhead, which is unroofed and made of red ashlar. It features an iron "yett," blocked openings, and incorporates the apex of a 17th-century dormer head. The west wall has plain marble memorial panels, some of which commemorate family members re-interred at Kinmount. The churchyard contains mostly 18th- to 20th-century stone monuments.
The lych gate is made of oak, featuring cusped framing and a red tile roof, with seats placed inside.
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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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