Tinwald Parish Church

Dated 1765 on east gable. Plain, rectangular-plan, 4-bay

church, alterations and additions James Barbour of Dumfries,

1898-9, with gabled porch added to east gable, lean-to vestry

at west end of north wall, original door on wet gable now a

tall lancet, windows to bays now pointed-headed bipartites.

Squared red rubble, with ashlar dressings. 2 shouldered doors

to porch; bipartite to west wall of vestry; ball-finialed,

plain, birdcage bellcote over west gable (17th century Dutch

bell); ball finial over east gable; central axial ventilator;

main eaves cornice; wall-head stack above vestry; slate

roofs. Interior also by Barbour: hammer beam roof; pointed

alcoves on west gable flanking lancet 4 leaded windows by

Gordon Webster inserted between 1937-1978.

Irregular-plan churchyard is mostly enclosed by rubble-built

walls; square, red ashlar gatepiers at south west. Many

interesting 17-19th century stone monuments, Charteris

enclosure against north wall of church.