Alternative Names Terregles Queir
Site type CHAPEL, CHURCH
Canmore ID 65676
Site Number NX97NW 9
NGR NX 93048 77020
Council DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Parish TERREGLES (KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE)
Former Region DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Former District NITHSDALE
Former County KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NX97NW 9 9305 7703.

(NX 9305 7703) Aisle of Old Church (NR) Graveyard (1568)
OS 6" map (1854)

The 'queir' (quire) of Terregles was built as a family mortuary chapel by the fourth Lord Herries in 1585, the date over the S doorway. It was renovated in 1875, its window mullions and roof being renewed, and buttresses added. Its W end is attached to the present Terregles parish church, built in 1799 possibly on the foundations of an older building. G Hay 1957; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911

The stone forming the step at the door of the 'Queir' is a fragment of a grave-slab, bearing an incised cross-shaft on a stepped base.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1897

As described above. Nothing was seen to suggest the date 1568 (and no information was obtained from the relevant ONB). The church is still
in use.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 July 1964

Brooke, C J (2000) Safe sanctuaries: security and defence in Anglo-Scottish border churches 1290-1690, Edinburgh
Page(s): 341, 348 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.BRO

Cardonnel, A de (1788) Picturesque antiquities of Scotland, London
Page(s): 143, No.65 Held at RCAHMS D.20.CAR.R

Hannah, I C (1934) Story of Scotland in stone, Edinburgh
Held at RCAHMS F.2.1.HAN.R

Hannah, I C (1934) Story of Scotland in stone, Edinburgh
Held at RCAHMS F.2.1.HAN

Hannah, I C (1988) The story of Scotland in stone, Stevenage
Held at RCAHMS F.2.1.HAN

Hay, G (1957a) The architecture of Scottish post-Reformation churches, 1560-1843, Oxford
Page(s): 31, 261 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.HAY

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1896-7) 'The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century', 3v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.3, 615 figs.1602-3 Held at RCAHMS F.5.31.MAC

RCAHMS (1914) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Fifth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, II, county of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Edinburgh
Page(s): 253-4, No.432 fig.174 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV(5)

Stell, G (1996) Dumfries and Galloway, 'Exploring Scotland's Heritage' series ed. by Anna Ritchie Edinburgh
Page(s): 149-50 No.65 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER

Stell, G P (1986a) Exploring Scotland's heritage: Dumfries and Galloway, Exploring Scotland's heritage series Edinburgh
Page(s): 143, No.65 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER