Newtown Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls And Railings (Former United Presbyterian), Newton St Boswells

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 22/07/2010 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Melrose NGR NT 58056 31520 Coordinates 358056, 631520 — John Paterson, 1867. Multi-faceted, rectangular-plan, Gothic church with three-sided, gabled apse to front flanked by square-plan, 2-stage clock tower with splayed-foot spire to W and pyramidal-roofed porch to E. Pointed-arch openings. Pink stugged ashlar sandstone to principal elevation with pale sandstone dressings. Sloping plinths; cill course; moulded eaves course. 2-light, Y-traceried window to leading face of apse; single lancet windows elsewhere. Variety of tall cast-iron finials to gables and roof. Trefoil windows to entrance porches. Plate-traceried rose window to N gable end with bellcote to apex. Lower vestry block adjoining NE corner with tall coped stack. Multi-pane leaded glazing in fixed timber windows. Timber-boarded and panelled doors. Grey fish-scale slates. Moulded skews to gables. INTERIOR: Scissor-braced roof. 3-bay cast-iron arcades to aisles with cylindrical piers and traceried spandrels. N end: pulpit set within arched recess below rose window; Gothic communion table circa 1926. Box-plan pipe organ to NE corner. Stained glass: Agnus Dei and Evangelist symbols, 1963 to aisles. Chalice and cross and XP monogram, 1965 to apse. BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAINLINGS: Low, stepped and coped rubble wall fronting road with finialed cast-iron railings and gate. — Place of Worship in use as such. Prominently sited on high ground to the SE end of the town, making a strong contribution to the character of the area. The triple gabled apse to the principal elevation is particularly significant in this respect, and shares characteristics with other examples in the region such as Traquair, adding to its wider

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.