St Andrew's Parish Church And Hall, High Street, North Berwick

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/05/1988 Local Authority East Lothian Planning Authority East Lothian Burgh North Berwick NGR NT 55233 85255 Coordinates 355233, 685255 — Robert Rowand Anderson, 1882, cruciform church, with porch and tower, Henry and MacLennan 1907. Squared snecked rubble, ashlar dressings and buttresses. N ELEVATION: central gabled porch with sturdy angle buttresses; moulded pointed arch with nook shafts over paired pointed doorways. W Birnie Rhind statue of St Andrews in oval panel above. Hoodmoulded window (3 lancets and rose) above. Stone cross finials to porch and gable. TOWER: tall, 4-stage bell tower with string courses dividing. Stages of varying heights and recessing; angle buttresses. Moulded round arched doorway to N and slit window in 2nd stage. Paired louvred lancets to 3rd stage on each face. Blind triple arcade with central clock; corbelled, crenellated parapet above to 4th stage. W ELEVATION: Y-tracery hoodmoulded window at N, 3 paired lancets to body of church with 4 large oculi at gallery level. Shallow gabled transept to S with paired lancets below and large circular opening above. Single storey vestry to S, linked to chancel by swept roof. E ELEVATION: tower to N. Main body and transept as on W. Recessed organ chamber to S with door; roof sweeping to chancel. S ELEVATION: lower chancel following line of main gable. 3 stepped lancets in hoodmoulded E window. Church hall abutting to S and W. Decorative gutter heads and fixtures. Steeply pitched slate roof. INTERIOR: simple white painted interior with open timber boarded ceiling. Gallery on cast-iron columns to 3 sides, deepest in transepts. Pine woodwork, grained as oak 2 stone flights of steps to N vestibule, curved W flight leading to gallery. Organ, Foster and Andrews 1886, revised and enlar

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.