Foto 6x4 Midlothian Architektur: Cranstoun Pfarrkirche, Cranstoun Ri c2012

Photograph Notes: Grey skies and very heavy rain - a July wedding day in Scotland. Extracts from Historic Scotland's Statutory list describe the church thus: "1824. Restored 1861, Wardrop. Enlarged circa 1875, Wardrop and Reid. T-plan Gothic kirk with 3-stage tower and enlarged N aisle. Droved, tooled and polished sandstone ashlar. Diagonal buttresses with crocketed and pinnacled spirelets to nave, octagonal castellations on tower. Splayed window surrounds with sloping sills. Base, string and eaves course. References: T Sharp, C Greenwood and W Fowler, MAP OF THE COUNTY OF EDINBURGH (1828); J Anderson and W Hunter, PLAN OF THE ENVIRONS OF EDINBURGH BASED ON J LAURIE (1843) showing Cranston Church; Rev John Dickson, CRANTOUN: A PARISH HISTORY (1907) pp138-141; George Hay, THE ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTTISH POST-REFORMATION CHURCHES 1560-1843 (1957) p123 & 128; C McWilliam, LOTHIAN (1978) p143; The Third Statistical Account of Scotland, MIDLOTHIAN (Vol XXII, 1985) pp153-155; J Thomas, MIDLOTHIAN (1995) p105. Notes: The present church was built at the sole expense of General Sir John Dalrymple (of Oxenfoord). It was to replace the old church, which was sited in the old burial grounds to the south of Oxenfoord Castle's gardens. It had been damaged by fire in 1796 and rebuilt in 1798, but was finally replaced in 1824. The sundial from the old church was transferred to the new building. Originally the vestry was above the entrance in the tower, but a new one was built. It is suggested that strong architectural similarities exist between this church and the 1816 kirk of Kincardine-in-Monteith, designed by Richard Crichton. The 1824 structure was damaged by fire in 1861. It was quickly repaired and enlarged by Wardrop who added to the Dalrymple aisle, situated in the north of the church. By the middle of the 20th century, the interior was slightly altered, with the lowering of the pulpit and further pews added. It now serves for the united congregation of Cranstoun, Crichton and Ford. The manse, which was re-sited from beside the Lion's Gate of Prestonhall House by William Burn Callander in 1835, has now been sold as a private house. The newer cemetery for the church can be found on the B6372." source : Historic Scotland Statutory List

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