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Portlaw Presbyterian Church

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Portlaw Presbyterian Church
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Detached five-bay double-height Presbyterian church, dated 1845, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay two-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Closed, 1931. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with lichen-spotted terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted cut-limestone chamfered coping to gables, and rainwater goods not visible on creeper- or ivy-covered rendered eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls on overgrown plinth with abbreviated clasping stepped buttresses to corners; part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (tower) on rendered chamfered plinth with diagonal stepped buttresses to corners framing battlemented parapet on creeper- or ivy-covered stringcourse having lichen-spotted cut-limestone chamfered coping. Pointed-arch window openings between stepped buttresses. Pointed-arch window openings to entrance (west) front with overgrown sills, timber Y-mullions, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having Y-tracery glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (tower), concealed dressings having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing timber panelled double doors. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with lichen-spotted cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing applied timber Y-mullions on louvered timber fittings. Set back from line of road.

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