---
title: "Garvald Parish Church"
description: "Located in Garvald, Lothian. Built 12th-century fabric; north aisle 1677; reworked and extended 1829. Grade Category B."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of Scotland","Lothian","Garvald","Category B","East Lothian"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/garvald-parish-church-garvald"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:42:57.461Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T16:07:03.418Z"
location: "Garvald, Lothian"
country: "Scotland"
county: "Lothian"
town: "Garvald"
address: "Garvald, Lothian, EH41 4LN"
postcode: "EH41 4LN"
built: "12th-century fabric; north aisle 1677; reworked and extended 1829"
denomination: "Church of Scotland"
grade: "Category B"
materials: "Squared and coursed rubble; snecked rubble to vestry/chancel; harled east gable"
website: "https://www.garvald.org.uk/church/"
openingHours: "The church is open every day."
parish: "Garvald and Bara"
gridReference: "NT 590 709"
---

# Garvald Parish Church

Garvald Parish Church in East Lothian is a Category B church with twelfth-century masonry, a north aisle of 1677 and a reworking of 1829, historically the Church of Scotland church of Garvald and Bara.

## Overview

Historic Environment Scotland (LB7341, Category B, 5 February 1971) records an 1829 reworking and extension of an earlier church, incorporating the north aisle of 1677 and partial remains of a diamond-patterned twelfth-century band course on the west and north elevations, with large squared masonry. The 1829 work is squared and coursed rubble with a base course; the vestry chancel is snecked rubble with a harled east gable. Iron jougs hang by the entrance, a rare survival shared with Spott Church. The listing notes that the church was originally linked to the nunnery at Haddington.

The churchyard has a notable collection of gravestones from the seventeenth century onward. The Church of Scotland sold the building in 2024; the purchaser stated an intention to retain it for Christian worship. HES Category B listing cannot be stored on the list-entry field used for Historic England and Cadw URLs.

## Further Information

- [Garvald village: church](https://www.garvald.org.uk/church/)
- [Historic Environment Scotland LB7341](https://www.trove.scot/designation/LB7341)