Parish Church, Whittingehame

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/02/1971 Local Authority East Lothian Planning Authority East Lothian Parish Whittingehame NGR NT 60312 73665 Coordinates 360312, 673665 — 1722, T-plan, Gothic church with tower, and 18th century Balfour Aisle added to N jamb, and Buchan-Sydserff burial enclosure set in re-entrant angle to E; S wall and pointed windows added 1821. Red rubble sandstone and coursed rubble to tower. Deeply chamfered reveals to 1821 work. Eaves cornice and crenellated parapet and skews. Pointed arch openings, some with hoodmoulds. TOWER: 4-stage, advanced and dominating W gable; diagonal buttresses and cill courses; doorway with double boarded doors, decorative hinges; Y-traceried window above. 2 upper stages with louvred openings, some paired. Bell of 1610 by Burgerhuys. Diagonal buttresses with tall pinnacles and crocketted finials. S ELEVATION: 4-bay, Y-traceried windows. E ELEVATION: advanced, gabled clergy vestry, 1821, with doorway in re-entrant angle to S. Modern brick piend-roofed boiler house to N. Cross finials. N JAMB: 2 bays deep with window to right, and porch to left of W side; square, crenellated porch with mannered surround to doorway and short flight of steps. Blocked opening below tall window of jamb. BALFOUR AISLE: advanced form N gable of N jamb, 2-bays deep; red ashlar sandstone with base and cill courses, and deep, wide crenellation to parapet; 2 blind Y-traceried windows with chamfered reveals to W side, divided by buttress. Diagonal buttresses to N end with hoodmoulded doorway, studded door. Tall pinnacles with crocketted finials. BUCHAN-SYDSERFF ENCLOSURE: ashlar facade to E with base course, entablature, dentilled cornice and balustrade with dies and urn finials; Ionic pilasters flanking doorway and to angles. "Buchan-Sydserff of Ruchlaw Fam

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.