West Church, Townhead Street, Strathaven is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 November 1980. Church. 3 related planning applications.
West Church, Townhead Street, Strathaven
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tower-foxglove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1980
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Built 1835. Rectangular-plan, symmetrical church with Gothic
details. Entrance front to Townhead Street: polished ashlar.
Shallow advanced entrance bay approached by steps, with door
having splayed reveals and hood mould. Blind castellated
parapet above. 1 tall window in each outer bay, gallery
window over entrance, all with Tudor arches, Y-tracery
and hood moulds. Slender octagonal shafts at outer angles
support cornice, blocking course and pinnacles. Elevation to
Thomson Street harled, with 4 tall, segmental-headed
windows. Piended slate roof. Original octagonal gatepiers
with corniced caps; decorative cast iron railings.
Interior: pulpit, flanked by stairs with iron balustrades and
tall windows, leaded glass panels by W. & J. J. Kier of
Glasgow. Gallery on 3 walls, supported by slender cast-
iron clustered columns.
Detailed Attributes
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