Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Kirk Wynd, Selkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971. Kirkyard.
Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Kirk Wynd, Selkirk
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pier-dew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1971
- Type
- Kirkyard
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kirk dating from 1748. Ruinous, roofless kirk and kirkyard with 17th and 18th century tombstones.
OLD PARISH KIRK: rubble walls with round-arched opening to NE with red sandstone stepped wallhead to bellcote above. Possibly oldest surviving gravestone set in interior wall to SW of full-length figure and coat of arms, possibly late 16th century. Gravestones in memory of the Murray family (maternal ancestors of Franklin D Roosevelt) are to be found to interior wall, SE.
AULD KIRKYARD: number of large stones and enclosures with cast-iron railings. Amongst those commemorated are Andrew Lang (1844-1912), James Brown (1832-1904).
BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS, GATES AND GATEWAY: whinstone rubble with ashlar coping. Quadrant wall with wrought-iron railings to NE (Kirk Wynd) to whinstone with sandstone dressings, round-arched gateway with cornice and parapet; wrought-iron 2-leaf gates. Plaque commemorating the fact that the street was widened and improved by ex-Provost George Roberts of Dandswall, Selkirk in 1910.
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