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Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church

Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church — category A listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.

Covenanter's Gravestone (front), Crossmichael Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 2025630

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Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church is a category A listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB3698). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Crossmichael Parish Church is an ecclesiastical building in Crossmichael, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on a knoll, which was probably an ancient site of worship, at the north end of the village. Its tower may date from 1611, but the main block was built in 1749–1751, and there were additions and alterations in the nineteenth century. Its interior is an unusually complete example of Georgian church design. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1971. The church's burial grounds contain tombstones from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. One of its burial enclosures has on its east face an ornately carved memorial for William Gordon of Greenlaw, which is itself independently listed at Category A.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Crossmichael Parish Church is an ecclesiastical building in Crossmichael, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on a knoll, which was probably an ancient site of worship, at the north end of the village. Its tower may date from 1611, but the main block was built in 1749–1751, and there were additions and alterations in the nineteenth century. Its interior is an unusually complete example of Georgian church design. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1971. The church's burial grounds contain tombstones from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. One of its burial enclosures has on its east face an ornately carved memorial for William Gordon of Greenlaw, which is itself independently listed at Category A. As of 2022 the church is still in regular use as a place of worship, and its former hearse house is owned by a community group and used as an information centre.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
54.9812, -3.9864
Address
Crossmichael
Established
1751

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Where is Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church?
Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom.
When was Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church built?
Built or established in 1751.
Is Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church a listed building?
Round Tower and St Michael's Cross, Crossmichael Parish Church is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.