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POLWARTH CHURCH, Berwickshire.[254]

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POLWARTH CHURCH, Berwickshire.[254]

This church (Fig. 1584) was reconstructed in 1703, and is believed to rest on the foundations of an older structure, dedicated by Bishop Bernham in 1242. The building measures 55 feet by 24 feet over the walls. Although of such a late date, it is of pleasing form, and has fine large mouldings round the doors and panels above them. A stone on the east gable contains the Polwarth arms, three piles engrailed.

The font of the old church stands outside the building. It is of a round form 28 inches in diameter. The basin, which is 22 inches in diameter,

Illustration from The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3

Fig. 1584.—Polwarth Church.

is 11½ inches deep, with a central aperture. The height of the fragment is 21 inches.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · For further information see Pre-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire.