Churchyard, Lilliesleaf Parish Church

The graveyard at Lilliesleaf Parish Church, likely dating from the 17th century and later, features rubble walls and two early roofless enclosures that serve as burial grounds for the Riddell and Stewart families.

The western enclosure consists of two adjoining rectangles made of random rubble, with large, roughly-squared quoins and flat and semicircular coping. The southern elevation has a shallow pitch, an arrowslit, and a deep niche above it. The western elevation includes a segmental-arched opening made of ashlar. Inside, there is a finely relief-carved stone pediment depicting a skeleton and an hourglass, with a gentleman resting his hand on a coffin. This is flanked by Ionic-capitalled pilasters and a central swag with a cherub head, although the inscription is eroded. The eastern rectangle features an oversailing segmental arch and a large inscribed mural stone that reads, "The Burial Ground of John Govan Stewart Esq Hermiston."

The eastern enclosure is a rectangular rubble structure with a deep saddleback-coped wallhead. It has an arrowslit opening in the shallow-pitched gable at the south and a keystoned arch with ironwork gates to the east. There is also a carved stone displaying a coat-of-arms and the initials "M S." To the north, there is a low-walled open enclosure with an opening flanked by ball finials. Inside, there are inscribed mural monuments, including one that states, "Granted by the heritors of Lilliesleaf to be as it used to be the Burial Ground of the Family of Sir Walter Buchanan Riddell of that ilk Baronet upon whose request Mark Sprot Esq the Proprietor of the Estate of Riddell relinquished his claim to this Aisle at a meeting held on the 14? December 1837."

The gravestones are predominantly of the moulded apex style, featuring inscriptions. Notable examples include a pedimented ashlar sentry box-type stone with fluted pilasters commemorating "John Knox, Tenant in Faldonside who died 26th January 1832," and a carving in high relief of a young girl holding a flower set in a deep alcove, topped by angel wings (with no visible inscription). There is also a later, plainer stone within the enclosure, made of decorative cast-iron set into a low saddleback-coped wall, commemorating "William Currie of Linthill, died 1889."