Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Langholm HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Directions: From Langholm take the B709 to Bentpath, where you turn right through the village and cross the river on a fine 18th century bridge to reach the Church.</p> OpeningTime1 14.00-16.00 ArchitectName James Burnet, Robert Adam OpeningDate1 30/9/2012 OpeningTime2 14.00-16.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9561 Refreshments No Street The street address Westerkirk Parish Church AddressLine2 Bentpath Postcode DG13 0NH Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Westerkirk Parish Church & Johnstone Mausoleum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1167 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.20215,-3.082831; Description An account of the resource <div>Westerkirk Parish Church sits above the Esk at Bentpath. It was designed in 1880 by James Burnet, but in a style current 50 years earlier, with pinnacled tower, lancet windows and buttresses. Inside are unique modern stained glass windows that depict native wildlife.</div><div>A short walk up the lane is the Greek Doric revival Johnstone Mausoleum, designed in 1792 by Robert Adam for James Johnstone. This atmospheric little building is a domed Greek cross, ornamented with Robert Adam’s ox skulls (bukrania) which recall ancient temples and blood sacrifice. There is also a frieze of human skulls, restored in recent years by Solway Heritage.</div> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880, mausoleum 1790