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Publication Account

Date 1980

Event ID 1017911

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017911

The church, said to have been built in a cruciform shape, appeared on Bleau 's map of 1654, but identification of the actual site today is rather tenuous as the kirkyard was also moved. The plan of the new parish church (which was built to the west of the tolbooth) is a unique design of Sir William Bruce, who at that time was engaged in work on Thirestane Castle. It is in the shape of a Greek Cross with all four arms of the cross of equal length extending from a central crossing. The crossing is surmounted by four pointed arches, which carry the 'handsome little steeple' ordered by The Earl of Lauderdale, who largely funded the rebuilding (RCAM, 1909, 36; Hay, 1957, 66).

Information from ‘Historic Lauder: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1980).

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