Hutton Church And Churchyard

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 15/03/2001 Supplementary Information Updated 15/03/2001 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Hutton NGR NT 90752 54009 Coordinates 390752, 654009 — 1834 on site of previous church (1765); later additions and alterations including internal modernisation 1934; re-roofing 1961. 2- by 6-bay, rectangular-plan Romanesque church with 3-stage, engaged, square-plan tower to NE corner; single storey projections at rear. Coursed and tooled cream sandstone to E and S; sandstone rubble to N and W; sandstone ashlar dressings throughout. Stepped base in part; cill courses; continuous string courses linking windows (at spring level) to E, S and W; corbel-table at eaves to S and N with round-arched decorative frieze above; plain parapets; zig-zag moulding to E gable end. Shallow angle buttresses throughout; shallow buttresses dividing bays to E and S. Round-arched windows to E and S with flanking colonnettes (cushion capitals to S; scalloped capitals to E); roll-moulded arches with billet-frieze detail; plain, round-arched windows to W and N. Separate mid 17th century single storey, rectangular-plan burial vault in graveyard to NW. Principal block with round-arched windows to E and S E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-stage, square-plan tower projecting to right with base course; cill courses; string courses linking windows (at spring level); corbel-table at eaves. Angle buttresses at 1st and 2nd stages; engaged angle colonnettes at upper stage. Round-arched bipartite windows with flanking colonnettes and columnar mullions (cushion capitals). Round-arched entrance centred at ground; round-arched boarded timber door with decorative hinges; paired, flanking colonnettes with scalloped capitals. Bipartite window aligned at 1st floor; louvr

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.