Colvend Parish Church
Church of Scotland
A chaste Early Christian church by P MacGregor Chalmers 1911, of granite with red sandstone dressings and set on a rise overlooking the Solway firth. Its bell-tower is topped by a steep pyramid roof. A pretty interior with nave, aisle and transept and a timbered roof. Plain plastered walls are a foil for the sandstone columns which support round-headed arches springing from cushion capitals to form arcades into the aisle and transept.
In the chancel, the deep colour of the stained glass window, the Ascension by Stephen Adam & Co 1918, forms a lovely backdrop to the High Presbyterian arrangement of furnishings. Other windows by Adam & Co and by Margaret Chilton and Marjorie Kemp 1926. A710 from Dalbeattie, turn right onto unclassified road signposted Rockcliffe (quarter mile on the right). Linked with Southwick and Kirkbean.
Sunday Service: 11.30am
Opening Hours
Open daily 10.00am-6.00pm
Contact
Colvend Parish Church
Rockcliffe
by Dalbeattie
Dumfries and Galloway
DG5
Scotland
Tel: +44 (8452) 255121
E-Mail: info@visitscotland.com
WWW: http://www.churchesinscotland.co.uk
