St Columba's Church Of Scotland, Moss Street, Elgin

P MacGregor Chalmers, 1905-6. Transitional Norman/

Early English Gothic. Cruciform, with additional S aisle

and vestry wing to N. Bullfaced rubble inside and out;

tooled and polished ashlar dressings. Steeply pitched

Cumbrian green slate roof. Triple round-headed lancets

to E and W gables; main entrance in round arched porch

in W gable of S aisle with Romanesque ornamentation to

capitals of engaged pillars.

INTERIOR: nave and S aisle; stylised leaf capitals to S

arcade; tall round arches to choir with interlacing

carved decoration. Simple wooden barrel vaulting to

choir and crossing; braced rafter roof to nave,

transepts and aisle. Stained glass to E gable lancets by

M C Webster for Stephen Adam. Single light in S aisle

by Douglas Strachan.

Fine hexagonal wooden pulpit and tester dated 1684 from

Old St Giles, Elgin. Fluted Ionic pilasters at angles;

richly carved sounding board above and engaged

Corinthian fluted capitals to rear.

Pair oak Ministers' seats, stalls, and holy table all carved

in similar classical vein to pulpit.