United Free Church, Allanton

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/03/1997 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Edrom NGR NT 86802 53241 Coordinates 386802, 653241 — 1844 with later additions and alterations. Former plain T-plan church, formerly with 2 galleries; rectangular-plan 2-storey 3-bay classical house sited to NE of church with single storey outbuilding adjoining to W linking house to former stables/hearse house. Roughly squared and snecked sandstone to church with stugged ashlar dressings; render to E gable. Roughly squared and snecked sandstone to S, W and N elevations of house, with raised polished ashlar margins, droved ashlar dressings; rendered E elevation. Flush eaves course to S elevation of house. CHURCH: N ELEVATION: 3-bay. Gabled projecting bay to centre, now with 2-leaf sliding door at ground; round window to gablehead and fleur-de- lys finial to apex. Window to E return elevation of projection. Window to each flanking bay. E ELEVATION: gabled with 2 pointed-arch window at ground with round window to gablehead above; ashlar fleur-de- lys finial as before. S ELEVATION: 4-bay. Window in bay to inner, outer right and outer left. Small single storey projection in bay to inner left (former vestry). W ELEVATION: similar to E elevation, except with blinded windows at ground; modern timber boarded shed addition (not linked internally). 4-pane windows; leaded round window to gablehead of N elevation. Slate roof with ashlar coped skews and skew corbels. INTERIOR: king-post open-trussed roof with ashlar spring-corbels and timber boarding. Galleries and furniture removed, 1996. MANSE: S ELEVATION: regularly-disposed bays with consoled and corniced doorway to centre; deep-set 2-leaf panelled door (formerly 9-panelled door with later glazed panels) with 4-pane recta

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.