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Cranshaws Parish Church
Armorial Panel (Medieval), Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Cranshaws Parish Church
Classification Armorial Panel (Medieval), Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cranshaws Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Graveyard, Gatepiers And Gates
Canmore ID 57518
Site Number NT66SE 18
NGR NT 69231 61843
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57518
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cranshaws
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT66SE 18.00 69231 61843
NT66NE 18.01 69216 61833 Churchyard
NT66NE 18.02 69188 61947 Manse
NT66NE 18.03 69174 61919 Manse, Outbuilding
For (predecessor) Cranshaws Old Church, see NT66SE 6 68360 61676.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Built 1739 - Restored 1899
(Undated) information in NMRS.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office -
Repair of the Church.
Letter from John Bertram to James Watson of Saughton. He
enclosed report and estimates from mason and wright.
Walls require to be pinned and harled, gables flattened and steeple
partly taken down. Some seats require flooring, 2 new joists are
needed for the ceiling and a window make on either side of the pulpit.
Mason-Adam Darling. Wright-William Gilchrist
1813 GD150/3202/5-8
Repair of the Church. Letter from William Cunningham to James Walson
of Saughton. Tradesmen have begun to repair the passage and floor
of the Church.
The Estimate is 60 guinaes for additional work that entails
making a new pulpit and seats.
18 August
1814 GD150/3535/24
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Field Visit (9 October 1908)
108. Heraldic Tablet, Cranshaws Church.
Built into the inside wall of the present church, above the north door, is a tablet carved with the Royal Arms of Scotland. Above the shield is an open crown; Supporters- Two unicorns sejant, collared, and chained.
See Cast. and Dom. Arch., iii. p. 429 (illus.); Ber. Nat. Club, 1890-91, p. 118; ibid., 1896-98. p. 21.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 9th October 1908.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
