St Andrew's Church, The Square, East Linton

Built as Free Church, begun 1843, enlarged 1857. Now

(1988) Church of Scotland. Street elevation; tower and

stair to gallery added 1880, adjoining earlier hall.

Squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings.

Random whinstone rubble at sides and rear. Window bays

slightly recessed to N; corbel table to eaves and

cornice.

TOWER AND PORCH tower and gallery stair 1880. Entrance in

central, advanced, 3-stage tower. Doorway in shallow

projecting porch; engaged columns with decorative

Neo-Romanesque capitals, moulded round arch above,

6 diamond-panels to double door. String course above;

plate traceried rose window. String course above with

ornamental stepped corbel table. Louvred bipartite with

column mullion in round-headed panel with clock. Grey

slates to helm roof; finial and weather vane.

Lean-to gallery stair projection to right of tower with

2 narrow round arched windows. 3 sided stair turret

above in re-entrant angle with narrow arched windows to

each face; grey slates to polygonal roof.

2-storey gallery stair block recessed bay to right with

column-mullioned bipartite at gallery level. Bay to left

with 2 round-arched windows at ground floor; tripartite

with columned mullions above. Gable ends of N and S

returns with 3 round-headed windows stepping down to S

at ground, 3 of standard height at 1st floor.

4-pane glazing to round-headed windows.

Grey slates, straight skews.

Entrance to body of church via vestry; single storey

projection to E with crowstepped gable added 1887.

S ELEVATION: 2 tall windows at rear with brick relieving

arches.

Single storey heating chamber adjoined at rear.

Grey slates, straight skews, brick stack to vestry, die to

E end gable.

INTERIOR: very plain with panelled gallery inserted 1880

to 3 sides. Stained glass to S windows.

CHURCH HALL: adjoining church, formerly school, built

1. Single storey, 3-bay hall, random whinstone

rubble, sandstone dressings. Entrance to E gable end

wall. Sash and case window to each bay with 12-pane

lying glazing pattern.

Red pantiles, straight skews, brick wallhead stack to

S elevation.