Hall, St Margaret's Church, The Cross, Dalry

David Thomson architect. Built 1871-3. Late 13th century

Gothic style. Stugged ashlar with polished dressings.

Crucifrom plan. East elevation: 3-stage tower and tall

broached spire with finial, flanking gabled bays housing

stairs to galleries. Central doorway under pointed arch

with moulded reveals, finialled gable above. Double doors

have large elaborately patterned hinges. Angle buttresses

to 1st 2 stages. 2nd stage has triple gabled lights to

each face. 3rd stage with paired belfry openings with

paired belfry openings and clustered columns and clock

above in shallow recessed panel. 3 teirs of lucarnes to

spire. South elevation: stepped windows to stairs under

swept roofs flank the tower, nave with 3 tall traceried

windows under steeply pointed gables to narrow east bays.

Wide projecting gabled aisles with geometric traceried

windows and stone apex crosses.

Later gabled vestry extension at west is rendered. Slate

roof with fish-scale bands. Interior damaged by fire in

1950s; all plaster removed. Some good quality leaded glass

panels. Roof supported by arched trusses.

1888 Free Gothic church halls to right. Roughly 'T'-plan

range with asymmetrical gabled front to The Cross. 2-stage

tower and broached spire in re-entrant angle at rear.

Rear wing with tall gabled bays at cross-wing end. Also

some decorative cast-iron railings to graveyard.