Closeburn Old Church is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church.

Closeburn Old Church

WRENN ID
second-spire-tide
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Closeburn Old Church was rebuilt in 1741, incorporating earlier materials, but now only roofless fragments remain. These include the entire east gable with a bellcote, the eastmost bay of the side walls, and a fragment of the north jam. The structure is made of coursed and squared rubble with polished dressings. The central door in the gable and the windows in the side walls are all round-headed, featuring pilastered jambs, moulded arches, and keystones, along with an oculus in the gable head. The skews are straight, and the plain bird-cage bellcote, topped with a ball-finialed ogee roof, still houses a bell from 1606. Fragments of the eaves course and moulded cornice are also present.

At the southeast end of the old church is the 1742 Kirkpatrick of Closeburn Classical trabeated mausoleum, constructed of red ashlar with rusticated pilaster strips. It features an elaborate north-facing pedimented doorpiece and has three long walls with basket-arched openings and a cornice. There are also some interesting 17th to 19th-century stone monuments.

The churchyard has been extended to the east and is enclosed by ashlar-coped rubble-built walls. The entrance features corniced, square, rusticated red ashlar gatepiers topped with ball-finialed ogee caps, along with small shelters built behind each gatepier.

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