Stranraer, Leswalt High Road, High Kirk Of Stranraer
Burial Ground (20th Century), Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Stranraer, Leswalt High Road, High Kirk Of Stranraer
Classification Burial Ground (20th Century), Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sheuchan Church; War Memorial Plaques; War Memorial Lectern
Canmore ID 216392
Site Number NX06SE 134
NGR NX 05583 60881
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216392
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Leswalt
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: John McLachlan - 1888
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (1995)
The High Kirk of Stranraer on Leswalt High Road, built two years after the 1841 parish church, is an imposing building with a fine bell tower. It once served as the Sheuchan church and is a reminder that the modern burgh of Stranraer is, in effect, an amalgamation of several smaller settlements.
Information from ‘Historic Stranraer: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1995).
