Cranstoun Old Parish Church And Churchyard

Cranstoun Old Parish Church and Churchyard dates from the 18th century, featuring late 18th century gatepiers and gates that were re-sited in the late 19th or early 20th century. The burial ground contains contemporary and later tombstones, surrounded to the north and east by a later wall. The churchyard is characterized by coursed and random rubble walls, with dressed ashlar gatepiers and droved ashlar quoins. There is a pair of wrought-iron gates and numerous tombstones of varying dates and styles.

The north (principal) elevation includes a later high coursed rubble wall that runs from west to east. At the center, there are tall square ashlar gatepiers with tabbed quoins, plinthed bases, central pilaster details on the main elevation, and corniced caps that support large urns decorated in a classical style. The pair of decorative wrought-iron arch-topped pedestrian gates features five rows of oviform motifs with scrolled in-fill and arrowhead dividers. An ornate overthrow supports an oviform containing the letter "S" for the House of Stair, topped with a coronet, while a central vertical arrow pierces the overthrow.

The east elevation has a partial dry stone wall that follows the line of a hillock.

The churchyard contains many shaped and carved tomb and tablestone memorials, including a round top stone with shoulders for John Hunter (died 1790) and his wife Alison Waddell (died 1804), a pair of Celtic crosses (one for Major General W.V. Brownlow), a rusticated stone cross with brass plaques, and a simpler cross. There are also smaller early stones that are now unreadable, a round top stone dedicated to George Ogilvie, son of George Ogilvie Esq of Prestonhall, and a monumental stone cairn dedicated to, among others, Susan, Lady Menzies. Additionally, there is a modern marble stone for Jean Rankin, daughter of the 12th Earl of Stair, and towards the back of the plot, some fallen aged stones carved with borders and winged skulls.