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Stair Parish Church
Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stair Parish Church
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 42763
Site Number NS42SW 18
NGR NS 43943 23603
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42763
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Stair
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS42SW 18 43943 23603
Stair Church dates from 1864.
SDD 1963
Stair Church is situated about 218m SSW of Stair House (NS42SW 4) and about 300m E of Milton on the E bank of the River Ayr. It is rectangular in plan with an extension block at the NW corner and entrance porch on the S elevation.
The earlier church is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire, sheet 60, sheet xxxiv) and is described in the Object Name Book (ONB) as ' Established Church - Ph of Stair. It was built in 1706 by the heritors - in a very bad state of repair. One storey in a plain style of architecture and endowed (Name Book 1857). By the date of the 2nd edition 25-inch (1896, ibid, sheet xxxiv.2), the church is rectangular in plan, similar to that of today.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2008
