Kells Church
Dublin Core
Title
Kells Church
Description
A granite T-plan church with square tower at the centre of south wall. Interior mainly reconstructed in 1911 following original layout. Galleries on three sides with pulpit on long south wall. Fine roof of pitch-pine with central diagonal arched principals. Built on site of earlier mid 17th century church.
Notable churchyard with ‘Adam and Eve’ stones of 1706-7, and a delightful upright for Lord Kenmure’s gamekeeper, John Murray. Also Covenanter graves.
Source
dumfriesandgalloway
Date
1822
Type
Museum
Identifier
1076
Spatial Coverage
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Museum Item Type Metadata
Street
Kells Church
Place
New Galloway
IsNewThisYear
Yes
ArchitectName
William McCandlish
AddressLine2
Kirk Road
OpeningDate1
7/9/2019
OpeningTime1
10am till 5pm
Activities
Teas in Dalry Church. Approximately 3 miles North.
Will provide information leaflet on church and graveyard.
WC
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
DisabledAccess
Yes
Refreshments
No
EventsForChildren
No
Parking
Yes
HearingLoop
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
ID
17826
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
Postcode
DG7 3RS
Citation
“Kells Church,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1074.
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