Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

BELHAVEN, BELHAVEN ROAD BELHAVEN CHURCH, CHURCH OF SCOTLANDLB24732

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
11/01/1988
Local Authority
East Lothian
Planning Authority
East Lothian
Burgh
Dunbar
NGR
NT 66868 78761
Coordinates
366868, 678761

Description

1838-40. Rectangular plan church with S bell turret and

spire. Red whinstone, snecked and squared; droved ashlar

dressings. Catcraig ashlar tower and belfry. Slated roof.

Hoodmoulded openings.

S FRONT: 3-bay; gable front with octagonal finials at angles.

Advanced centre bay rising to tower above. Simple, boldly

curved door surrounded. Tripartite pointed arch above with

interesting tracery. Flanking Y-traceried 2-lightwindows.

Louvred openings to tower. Octagonal steeple with blind slits

and slated roof; swept eaves. Moulded pedestal finials on

skews, echoing steeple. 3-bay E ad W elevation with

Y-traceried windows.

N (REAR): 2 Y-traceried windows and stained glass at centre.

Circular window in gable head. Stone cross finial.

Low parapet wall; railings removed. Square gatepiers;

wrought-iron lamp stands.

Modern parish hall extension to NW.

INTERIOR: panel fronted gallery supported on cast-iron

columns. Arcaded frontage to communion table. Raised central

pulpit, flanked by corner organ to E.

Statement of Special Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Founded through East

Lothian Society for Church Extension. Became a Free Church

1843-50, then returning to Quoad Sacra status until disjoined

from Dunbar in 1863. Land purchased from Earl of Lauderdale

by Trustees of Belhaven Free Church and School 1850. Building

cost $1,690.

References

Bibliography

Miller, J HISTORY OF DUNBAR 1859 pp 208-10. NRA(S) 832-49.

Tollemache Papers. Fasti Ecclesiae Scotiae I 1914 p.402.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

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