St John's Episcopal Church, Bleachfield Road, Selkirk

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 11/12/1996 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Burgh Selkirk NGR NT 47451 28987 Coordinates 347451, 628987 — J M Wardrop, 1867-9, with later alterations; later 19th century, or early 20th century church hall to NE. Whinstone with red stugged sandstone dressings, hall church with nave, choir, vestry, bellcote. Base course; point-arched openings. SW ELEVATION: gabled. Large geometric-traceried window with hoodmould. Angle buttress to left. Angle buttress to right as part of cruciform- plan buttressed bell tower rising to open octagonal bellcote and ashlar spire. SE ELEVATION: 6-bay, grouped 4-2. Bell tower to outer left (see SW elevation). Plate-traceried windows to each bay of 4-bay group, except bay to inner left. Single storey gabled porch, in bay to inner left, hoodmoulded entrance; ornamental trefoil plaque in gablehead above; 2-leaf cast-iron gates. Leaded windows to each return elevation. Buttress to outer right of 4-bay group. 2-bay group to right slightly set back with hoodmoulded window to each, 4-centred arch in bay to right. Buttress to outer right. NE ELEVATION: gabled with vestry set back to outer right. Tripartite plate-traceried window. 4-centred arched boarded door in bay to left of vestry. Leaded lights to windows; some stained glass by Herbert Hendrie, of 1933; some windows by German designer. Steep slated roof. Ashlar coped stack to vestry. Saw-toothed ashlar skews. Cross finials. Cast-iron gate to porch. INTERIOR: fine carving to reredos, altar and choir screen by Robert Lorimer, 1908-12. Oak, gothic altar fence. Panelled dado. Octagonal ashlar font. Encaustic tiles to choir. Ashlar corbels to support roof struts. Oak carved Tudor scroll-panelled pulpit. Fine carving to external side of door to po

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.