Historic churches · North West England
Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard
In or near Ecclefechan.
Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Lockerbie · 9.5 km
- Free entry
Getting there & planning your visit
Middlebie Parish Church and Churchyard is located in Dumfries and Galloway, with the nearest railway station being Lockerbie, approximately 9.5 km away. The postcode for the church is DG11 3JW, and entry is free.
About
Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB16963). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Category B Date Added 03/08/1971 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Middlebie NGR NY 21432 76156 Coordinates 321432, 576156 — John MacLintock Bowie of Dumfries. Dated 1928. Cruciform-plan gothic church with low chancel and twin-gabled transepts, flat-roofed porches in W re-entrant angles. Roughly squared rubble with polished dressings. Nave W front has large traceried and hood-moulded window over 2-centred arched doorway (2-leaf timber door); plain angle buttresses, surmounted at SW by 2 dimensional belfry (bronze bell); cross-finialed main gable. Porches each have W-facing door and window. Chancel and transept gables also with traceried windows; nave flanks with rectangular tripartites with simple tracery (similar windows to chancel flanks), quatrefoil lights at gallery level. Raised shaped skews; slated roofs. INTERIOR walls faced with snecked bull-faced ashlar; vestibule screen at W with gallery over, both with applied tracery. Original pews. Transepts behind arcaded screen. CHURCHYARD: ground slopes steeply down at S and E; rubble-built boundary wall at N only. Mostly 18th and 19th headstones, some with good artisan sculpture. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. 1692 datestone incorporated on SW buttress. Former church bell removed in raid by Duke of Hamilton in 17th century, and taken to Bowness-on-Solway.
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Middlebie Parish Church and Churchyard is located in the Scottish Lowlands. It is designated as a category B listed building, recognising its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.0736, -3.2320
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG11 3JW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Nearest railway station
- Lockerbie — 9.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17810759 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard?
- Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG11 3JW).
- What is Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard?
- Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard?
- The nearest railway station is Lockerbie, about 9.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode DG11 3JW.
- Is Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard a listed building?
- Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard free to visit?
- Yes, Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard is free to enter.
- How do I get to Middlebie Parish Church And Churchyard?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG11 3JW. It sits within the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale parliamentary constituency.