Church Overview
A white-harled T-plan parish church of 1798-1800 designed and built by John McCracken, a stonemason from Dumfries. The Georgian building was entirely remodelled by prominent local architect James Barbour from 1875-77. who added numerous neo-Romanesque details inside and out, including new windows, a staircase, vestry and very neat bellcote.
The square wooden pulpit sat at the centre of the north wall, facing the pews and timber galleries that hugged three sides of the sanctuary. The narrow cast iron columns that hold the galleries aloft lead the eye of visitors up to the beautiful timber roof.
In 2023, the congregation of Kirkpatrick Juxta formed a union with the congregations of St Andrew’s Church in Moffat and Wamphray Parish Church. In 2024, the church was closed and marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland as part of a nationwide rationalisation of the denomination’s building portfolio. Planning permission was granted in June 2026 to convert the historic kirk into a residential home.
While the church building is now no longer open, the surrounding cemetery remains in the care of the local authority and open to visitors. There are some truly remarkable 18th and 19th century stone monuments and headstones in the irregularly shaped graveyard, many include symbols of trades or memento mori motifs.
Closed and marketed for Sale by the Church of Scotland in 2024. Graveyard remains open.
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Kirkpatrick Juxta
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