Skelmorlie Parish Church

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 26/02/1980 Local Authority North Ayrshire Planning Authority North Ayrshire Parish Largs NGR NS 19282 68095 Coordinates 219282, 668095 — John Honeyman of Glasgow, architect. Opened 13.2.1895. 5-bay Gothic church with chancel to south, 3-stage square tower with spire to north, 3-bay hall (former 1855-6 church) beyond. Snecked and stugged red sandstone ashlar (hall is cherry-caulked red rubble) with polished dressings. Entrance in tower, 2 cusped-headed doors (all other openings have pointed heads, mostly hood-moulded) under wide, moulded arch with nook-shafts; lancets above, louvred and plate-traceried belfry opening to each face of top stage, tower, parapet, with diminutive pinnacles over angles, enclosing spire, latter faceted and finialed, with lucarne. Nave has 5 buttressed bays, geometric-traceried windows, stepped and gabletted buttresses, continuous string at cill level. Chancel has 3 lancets, with continuous hood-mould, high on east and west walls (stylised beak-head moulding at eaves of latter): 3 tall, slender lights below vescica in south gable. Vestry at south east corner. Hall has 3 bays, porch in north bay, belfry over 3-light window on north gable. Modern addition to north east. All roofs slated. Interior (fittings mostly by Honeyman & Keppie). Single side aisle at east, elaborately carved and panelled pulpit (1899), choir stalls, altar, dado and reredos all oak, reredos has 4 figures under ornate canopies separating 3 carved panels (these signed J Crawford, 1897). Some good leaded glass windows; chancel windows by J & W Guthrie (David Gauld, artist) 1895-6; 5 windows on west wall, including one by Stephen Adam, c1909, 2 by firm of Wm Morris, c1900 & 1918 (latter at least from an original by Burne-Jones). Inverclyde window probably by

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.