Glencorse Parish Church

Glencorse Parish Church is a late 19th-century building of group value, designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and constructed in 1883, with a saddle-back tower added in 1887 in the angle between the nave and the chancel. The church is oriented east-west, with a north transept and a south aisle. It is built of stugged sandstone with paler ashlar dressings.

The east elevation features an adjoining chancel gable with a five-light lancet window; the central light is taller and features cusped tracery over geometric side lights, topped with a stone ringed cross. The tower, which houses a vestry, has a hoodmoulded doorway and slit-lights in two stages above. The third stage has paired hoodmoulded louvred belfry openings to both the front and back, and a single hoodmoulded louvred opening to each return. A steep gable features a stepped triple lancet at the front and back; a tall chimneystack is on the north elevation, and a modern skylight is located behind it.

The south elevation, which is the aisle elevation, has three bays of triple lancet windows with buttresses between, and a single lancet window on the left return. The west elevation presents a pentagonal apse with a pair of hoodmoulded double lancet windows with plate tracery above. To the left is a lower hoodmoulded double lancet window. A Gothic niche holds a bell in the gablehead, with a stone cross positioned above. The north elevation includes a hoodmoulded doorway, an inset plaque above it, and a small trefoil-topped double window. To the left is a large Gothic three-light window with a multifoil light above, and the double-gabled transept has a hoodmoulded double lancet on the right return and a blind wall on the left return.

The roof is covered in rosemary tiles, and the building has cast iron rainwater goods. The interior features a triple north arcade and a double south arcade, which opens into the aisle. A large window on the southwest illuminates the back of the church and a west gallery. The communion table is in the chancel, with the pulpit to one side. The font originates from the Old Kirk, and there are stained glass windows by Moore of London (1895, depicting Christ blessing the children) and Douglas Strachan (1918, depicting St Patrick contemplating a ruined castle).

The church's design is an early example of Ecclesiological arrangement for the Church of Scotland. It was built to replace the Glencorse Old Kirk, which had become too small due to the increasing number of troops at Glencorse Barracks. Robert Trotter contributed £400 to the building fund and donated land at New Milton Farm for use as a cemetery. The font was discovered during renovations to the Old Kirk in 1811 and is believed to have come from the Chapel of St Katherine, which was flooded during the creation of the Glencorse Reservoir. The external gates are reportedly made from the wrought-iron brackets of original oil lamps. The church is now lit by modern exterior lighting. A war memorial stands to the right of the church, and a cup-and-ring marked stone is located outside.