East Church, Eden Road, Gordon

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 18/08/1993 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Gordon NGR NT 64780 43130 Coordinates 364780, 643130 — Dated 1843 with 1893 additions. Church no longer in ecclesiastical use (1992); adjoins cottages to W. 1843 building of whinstone with sandstone dressings; 1893 porch and tower addition to pink sandstone with polished cream ashlar dressings, forming L-plan. Long and short quoins and window surounds; crowstepped gables. S ELEVATION: advanced gabled porch with corbelled circular section bell tower in re-entrant angle to left; roll-moulded round-arched doorway with inscription over; 2-leaf wrought-iron gates; chamfered angles at ground; hoodmould to round-arched painted glass window at 1st floor. Corbelled tower: single windows at 1st floor; "1893" datestone; 4 clocks; arcade of round-arched openings above pepperpot roof; lead finial. 3 bays to main body of church, each containing round-arched E ELEVATION: single window at ground to E gable. Fixed small-pane windows. Grey slate roof; stone fleur-de-lys finials; 2 brick stacks to N. INTERIOR: original fittings removed. window. — Former Free Church, prominently sited at E entrance to village on A6105. The porch, tower, belfry and a library for the use of the minister were gifted to the church in 1892 by Mr Wood Brown.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.