Swinton Parish Church And Churchyard

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 09/06/1971 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Swinton NGR NT 83878 47647 Coordinates 383878, 647647 — Rebuilt 1729 on site of previous church (itself restored 1593); Feuar?s aisle added 1782; small improvements 1796, 1800; Feuar?s aisle extended to W 1837; substantial external and internal alterations by Robert Lorimer, 1910. Near L-plan church with original rectangular plan body to S running E-W; Feuar?s aisle centred to N (later vestry beyond); later infill in re-entrant angle to NW; Swinton family burial ground in re entrant angle to NE. Pointed sandstone rubble; squared and snecked tooled sandstone to porches; tooled sandstone dressings. Tooled quoins (droved in part); predominantly square headed, chamfered openings; chamfered cills. S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 7-bay. Projecting gabled porch in bay to outer left; sandstone carving aligned at centre; modern sundial above; timber panelled door in return to left. Projecting gabled porch off-set to right of centre with timber door in return to left; large gabled windows breaking eaves in 2 bays to left and bay to right. Single window in penultimate bay to outer right; exterior stair to laird?s loft with timber panelled door to outer right; architraved surround; surmounting pediment with carved boar motifs (Swinton coat of-arms). E (SIDE) ELEVATION: gabled bay to outer left with single window at centre. Single window in Feuar?s aisle recessed to right; coped sandstone wall enclosing Swinton family burial ground to front. Lower single storey vestry to outer right. N (REAR) ELEVATION: plate traceried window in projecting vestry adjoining central Feuar?s aisle. Coped sandstone wall enclosing burial ground recessed to left; large gabled window breaking eaves in nave

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.