Leswalt, Old Parish Church

Heritage listing

Date Added 05/03/1999 Supplementary Information Updated 14/08/2015 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Leswalt NGR NX 01576 63856 Coordinates 201576, 563856 — The monument comprises the roofless remains of Leswalt Old Parish Church and the adjacent building. The Parish Church of Leswalt is recorded as being annexed to Tongland Abbey between 1355 and 1359,the site being abandoned and the existing building converted to secular use as the Parish School in 1828. The nave incorporates a fireplace in its E wall which dates from the latter period. At the SE corner of the nave lies a small vaulted chamber, presumably a burial vault. In the 17th century a wing was erected against the N wall of the nave. This was entered by a lintelled N-facing door over which is a window divided into four compartments by a moulded mullion and transom. Built for the Agnew family of Lochnawe in 1644, this wing comprised the family burial vault on the ground floor with a laird's loft above. To the immediate E of the church stands a more modern building with a slate roof. The area to be scheduled is a rectangle 30m E-W by 25m transversely to include the church, its interior, the burial chamber and the more modern building and an area of ground extending 5m out from the outer walls on all sides, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. Any lairs with existing burial rights are excluded from this scheduling.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.