Record

RepositoryScottish Catholic Archives
Ref NoSCA/GD/140/72
TitleTerregles Parish Church
Date[c 1934-c 1952]
LevelItem
DescriptionAn external view of this parish church and its modest cemetery with simple headstones in the foreground; its carefully drawn haphazard stonework indicates the age of the building and perhaps that this relatively modest church has been used for local, smal
Physical DescriptionPen and ink
Admin_HistoryThe ‘queir’ (derived from ‘choir’) of Terregles was built as a mortuary chapel for the Herries family in 1585, by the fourth Lord Herries. He died before the work could be finished and his wife, Agnes, Lady Herries, continued and finished the work. Her hu
AccessConditionsOpen for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
PublnNoteThe Catholic Directory for Scotland 1880; Catholic Churches and other places of Catholic Interest in South West Scotland (Dumfries)

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