Historic churches · North West England
Southwick Church
Southwick Church — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Southwick Church is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB1646). 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 28/05/1981 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Colvend And Southwick NGR NX 92734 57373 Coordinates 292734, 557373 — Peddie and Kinnear, architects. 1891. Romanesque/Early English style church. Coursed granite with red sandstone dressings, eaves band and quoins; squared buttresses to angles. T-plan church with apse, square squat tower over crossing 3-bay nave. Porch to SW corner with round-arched portal, chevron and ball-moulded archivolt supported on nook shafts. Double-leaf door. Nave windows single light with chamfered margins. Transept windows 2-light with plate tracery; decorated hood-mould. 7-window apse, round arched single lights. Squat tower with bipartite louvred openings, corbelled parapet, plain spout gargoyles, steep pyramidal roofs. Sandstone skews and ridge, steeply pitched slate roofs. Interior: aisleless 3-bay nave, sandstone chancel arch. Stained glass to S gable and apse. Square marble font supported on colonettes, hexagonal carved timber pulpit.
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Ramsar wetland: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
Place summary
Southwick Church is a church located in the Scottish Lowlands. It is designated as a category B listed building, highlighting its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8995, -3.6742
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG2 8AJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
Sources
- wikidata: Q17791721 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Southwick Church?
- Southwick Church is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG2 8AJ).
- What is Southwick Church?
- Southwick Church — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Southwick Church?
- Drivers can use postcode DG2 8AJ.
- Is Southwick Church a listed building?
- Southwick Church is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Southwick Church a protected site?
- Yes — Southwick Church is part of the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes Ramsar wetland.
- Is Southwick Church free to visit?
- Yes, Southwick Church is free to enter.
- How do I get to Southwick Church?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG2 8AJ. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.