Longformacus Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 09/06/1971 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Longformacus NGR NT 69403 57284 Coordinates 369403, 657284 — Rebuilt 1730 on foundations of previous church; repaired circa 1830; renovated by George Fortune, Duns, 1892-93; west aisle added 1894. Rectangular-plan, plain gothic church with bellcote to W and bowed apse to E; projecting gabled aisle centred in N elevation; lean-to vestry in re entrant angle to left; lean-to porch in re-entrant angle to right; slightly lower projecting gabled aisle centred in W elevation. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone; cream sandstone ashlar dressings (droved in part); some rendered pointing. Long and short surrounds to predominantly pointed arched, chamfered openings (round-arched to apse); chamfered cills. W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Steps to pointed-arched, boarded timber door in bay to outer left. Buttressed aisle advanced to outer right with Y-traceried window at centre; vesica-shaped opening aligned above; surmounting cruciform finial. Ogee-roofed sandstone birdcage bellcote surmounting nave gable; bell in place (inscribed ?JB 1892? J Barwell, Birmingham). N (SIDE) ELEVATION: gabled bay at centre with Y-traceried window centred beneath apex. 2-bay vestry to left with bipartite window in bay to right (columnar mullion with stylised capital); single window in bay to left; pointed-arched boarded timber door in return to left. Round-arched window in bowed apse recessed to outer left. 3-bay porch off-set to right of centre with pointed-arched boarded timber door off-set to left; finialled gable above dated 189(2?); single window in bay to left; bipartite window in bay to right (columnar mullion with stylised capital). Y-traceried window in W aisle recessed to outer right. S (SID

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.