John Knox Church, High Street, Stewarton is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church. 3 related planning applications.
John Knox Church, High Street, Stewarton
- WRENN ID
- kindled-plinth-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1841. Symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan church with 3-stage steeple over entrance bay to S. Tooled, squared and coursed sandstone to S, rubble to other elevations. Base course, band course, cornice and blocking course. Some raised cills. Later single storey extensions to rear.
SOUTH (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: slightly advanced central pedimented entrance bay with 2-leaf, 6-panel timber entrance doors with rectangular fanlight above and consoled cornice above. Steeple with clasping Doric pilasters and round-arched louvred openings to 1st stage. Clock stage above. Finialled stone spire.
INTERIOR: cohesive interior scheme with panelled timber gallery on 3 sides supported by slender cast iron columns. Timber pews. Pair of symmetrical, decoratively carved flanking curved staircases lead to carved timber pulpit with organ case behind.
Shallow piended roof with grey slates. Predominantly diamond leaded-pane windows with coloured glass decorative borders and images.
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