Fenwick Parish Church
Fenwick Parish Church
Fenwick Parish Church is a Category B listed Church of Scotland kirk on Kirkton Road, Fenwick, East Ayrshire, built in 1643 as a Greek cross and closely tied to the Covenanter minister William Guthrie.
- Location
- Fenwick, Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- Strathclyde
- City / town
- Fenwick
- Address
- Kirkton Road, Fenwick, Strathclyde, KA3 6DH
- Postcode
- KA3 6DH
- Built
- 1643; belfry rebuilt 1864; renovated after the 1931 fire
- Architect
- Gabriel Steel of Kilmarnock (post-1931 renovation)
- Denomination
- Church of Scotland
- Parish
- Fenwick
- Style
- Seventeenth-century Greek-cross kirk
- Grid reference
- NS 464 434
- Opening hours
- Open by arrangement.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic Environment Scotland lists the parish church and graveyard (LB12490): a church of 1643 whose belfry was rebuilt in 1864 and which Gabriel Steel of Kilmarnock renovated after a fire in 1931. A sentry box at the gates is of about 1820; the 1730 Maxwell bell is noted; and the graveyard holds Covenanter monuments. Canmore records a cruciform building with the date 1643 over the south door, jougs near that door, and Covenanter graves including John Fergushill, George Woodburn, Peter Gemmel and James White, shot in 1685.
Scotland’s Churches Trust describes four arms of equal length, outside stairs to family lofts, crowstepped gables and the iron jougs on the south wall. Guthrie was ordained here on 7 November 1644 after a call dated 27 September 1643; the original call is displayed in the church. He was ejected from the pulpit on 24 July 1664. Scottish listing is given in Further Information only.