United Free Church And Churchyard, Church Street, Lochwinnoch

Built 1792. Octagonal-plan church, with 3-stage square tower

at north east completed 1815. Rubble-built, with ashlar

dressings and north east face of tower. Tower has door with

round-headed fanlight, band course and moulded string course

at impost level, scrolled wrought-iron lamp bracket above.

Louvered opening under pointed arch and hood-moulded to 2nd

stage with continuous cill band. 3rd stage has chamfered

angles, hood-moulded, pointed-headed blind openings with cill

band. Corbelled and crenellated parapet above, and pinnacles

at angles.

Body of church: windows altered 1823. Blocked pointed-headed

openings at ground level below pointed-headed gallery windows

on south and east faces, single tall pointed-headed window to

each other face. Eaves band, and faceted slate roof. Low,

later 19th century session house and hall to south west has

pointed windows.

Interior: mostly re-fitted later in 19th century: gallery has

panelled front with clock; approached by 2 flights of steps

with decorative cast-iron balusters. Pulpit also approached

by 2 flights of steps. Churchyard enclosed by rubble wall;

round gatepiers with flat conical caps.