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Latitude: 59.238 / 59°14'16"N
Longitude: -2.6088 / 2°36'31"W
OS Eastings: 365365
OS Northings: 1039208
OS Grid: HY653392
Mapcode National: GBR M4X9.X72
Mapcode Global: XH8L0.C219
Entry Name: Backaskaill Bay,Cross Parish Church
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1949
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1480
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: church
Location: Cross and Burness
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
George Burn, Haddington, 1799-1803. Rectangular with octagonal
tower and spire; pinned coursed rubble, tooled ashlar dressings.
North elevation: 2-storey, 3-bay with projecting, pedimented
wide centre bay with pointed-headed entrance and similarly
detailed side lights, linked by continuous hoodmould. 2
pointed-headed windows above flank round-arched opening with
2 pointed-headed lights and quatrefoil in spandrel, similarly
glazed windows in outer bays to ground and gallery, former
with pointed heads, later with round. Intersecting Gothic
tracery in heads. Octagonal belfry on square base above
pediment with round-arched keystoned panels, alternately
blind and louvred, linked by cill band and string course at
springing level. Octagon crowned by tall, broached, slender
octagonal ashlar spire with blind oval oculi and terminating
with weather vane.
South elevation: 4 long pointed-headed windows with late
19th century tracery and glazing linked by continuous
hoodmould; square projecting harled Minister's porch in centre
with moulded string course and round-headed windows.
Side elevations: 3 gallery and 2 ground floor windows, some
blind, all with square heads and later 19th century tracery
and glazing. Piended slate roof.
Interior: 5-sided panelled gallery; large, later 19th century rectangular pulpit with finialled and pendanted sounding board.
Gate piers and burial ground walls; W C Joass, 1875-76. Square
ashlar gate piers with corniced copes and stepped caps with
ball finials; linking wrought-iron overthrow and lamp bracket;
pair simple cast-iron gates with spear head detailing. Rubble
walls with dressed cope. Various 17th, 18th and 19th century
tomb stones, some in burial enclosures re-using walling from
previous church.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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