Baldernock Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. Church. 5 related planning applications.
Baldernock Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- grim-lantern-magpie
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Dunbartonshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 September 1973
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1795 with later additions. 2-storey, rectangular-plan parish church with later addition to N elevation, forming T-plan. Squared, sandstone rubble.
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Iron-railed forestair leading to 1st floor entrance: timber doors to entrance and at ground to forestair; flanking single windows at 1st floor.
S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Central bell tower; infilled entrance; inscription "Deo Optimo Maximo! P.F.S. - Q.S MDCCXCV. Beneath pediment; rises to ball-finialed canopied bellcote; 1896 bell within. Tall arched windows flanking; square-headed single windows to outer bays.
W (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Mirror of E elevation (see above).
N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single windows to outer left and right; advanced (later) vestry with timber eaves; timber door and letterbox fanlight with single window to right and left re-entrant angle; single window to right re-entrant angle.
Timber sash and case windows. Pitched slate roof; straight skews; square stack to vestry; circular can.
INTERIOR: corniced, timber pannelled central pulpit with sound board; timber dado panelling; panelled timber gallery to 3 sides supported on timber columns (ribbed frieze and modillion cornice to gallery). Plain cornice to ceiling. Timber alter furnishings; stone font; 1st and 2nd World War Memorial Panels.
GRAVEYARD, WATCH HOUSE, GATEPIERS, GATES, POSTBOX AND BOUNDARY WALL: graveyard surrounding church; predominantly 19th century headstone graves. Octagonal-plan watchhouse dated 1828; 2-leaf timber door with timber fanlight to entrance; single window with apron to one elevation only; pyramidal slate roof; polygonal stack. Circular-plan stone gatepiers. 2-leaf iron gates. Wall-mounted postbox 'G R'. Coped rubble boundary wall enclosing site; mounting steps to NE section.
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