Description
Charles J Menart of Glasgow. Foundation stone and
rainwater heads dated 1923. Romanesque chapel;
cruciform-plan with aisles and higher chancel with
gabled cross-ridge roof; curved apse. Square tower at
liturgical west gable. Snecked bull-faced red ashlar with
polished dressings, round-headed openings throughout,
some (including main door at foot of tower) with columned
jambs with scalloped capitals. Tower has curved corners,
louvred bipartite belfry stage, corbelled parapet
enclosing cross-finialled elongated and pointed circular
dome. Nave 4 bays at clerestory, 3-bay aisles. Chancel
gables with 3-light windows below relieving arches. First
World War memorial plaque and crucifix set in to apse.
Slated roofs. Interior: round-headed chancel and
transept arches and aisle arcades; gallery with oak front
and supporting organ tubes; altar rail marble and
cast-iron, now cut through, with modern altar in crossing,
nearby. Original gothic altar, within chancel, is dated
29th October 1903, large and elaborate, with pinnacled
canopies; marbled timber. Leaded glass windows.
Free-standing battered, circular, red ashlar lamp, to W
of main door, with wrought-iron lantern.