Episcopal Church, Langholm Lodge

This is an Episcopal church, opened in September 1883. It was built to serve both the Duke of Buccleuch’s household and the local episcopal community. The church is a gabled, rectangular building with a 4-bay plan. It is constructed primarily of vertical timber boards, set upon a red ashlar base, with timber margins. The western gable features a centrally positioned porch, and a low chancel extends to the east, with a vestry adjoining it to the south. The porch and vestry each have shouldered doors. The windows are square-headed, with transomed bipartites and pointed lights, and are mostly plain leaded. A 3-light window is present in the chancel, and a small quartrefoil light sits above the porch. A central axial ventilator is fitted and the building is roofed with slate. A bronze bell, dated 1883 and made by Mears and Stainbank of London, is raised on a timber frame at the north end of the western gable. The building is thought to be based on a standard design, similar to the now-demolished St Bride’s Church in Glasgow. It remains in ecclesiastical use.