Basic Site Details Name: | Ruthwell Parish Church | Town, district or village: | Ruthwell | City or county: | Dumfriesshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Ruthwell | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from Mrs I M Buckoke, Lucewater House, New Luce, Wigtonshire.
Reverend McFarlan notes on Sept 24 1887 "Campbell Douglas is away at the Cape, and Mr Sellars is swallowed up in the Glasgow Exhibition, so I have to be architect of the Cross House myself..." (Quoted in 'The Cowan Letters', 2002, published Lymington by Isobel Buckoke)
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1863 | | | Refurnishing | | 1886 | 1887 | | Alterations and apse | | 1905 | | | Recasting of building |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alexander Crombie | | | 1863 | | Refurnishing | | Campbell Douglas | | A | 1886 | 1887 | Alterations and apse - to house Ruthwell Cross | | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | | A | 1886 | 1887 | Alterations and apse - to house Ruthwell Cross | | James Sellars | | A | 1886 | 1887 | Alterations and apse - to house Ruthwell Cross | | Barbour & Bowie | | B | 1905 | | Recasting of building | | James Barbour | | B | 1905 | | Recasting of building | | John McLintock Bowie | | B | 1905 | | Recasting of building |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | McFarlan, Rev James | Campbell Douglas's work (McFarlan was Campbell Douglas's brother-in-law) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p505 | | McFarlan, Helen (nee Menzies) | 1892 | James McFarlan | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dumfries & Galloway Council | James Barbour drawings, Sutherland Dickie & Copland Archive (many not traced, 2010) | | 93 (1902 and 1906 plans) | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17247 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Heritors Records | | HR 625/1 | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Kirk Session Records | | Ch2 13/4 p27ff | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Correspondence | | 19 October 1999 with Yvonne Hillyard |
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