Architecture
The church is constructed of stone, with slate roofs, in the English Gothic style. [3] Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with an octagonal crossing, around which the aisles and transepts lie. [2] [3] The lead roof over the crossing is pyramidal and has an octagonal wooden lantern with side tracery. The lantern itself has a pyramidal roof of copper. [2] [3] The church tower is to the west; it has four stages with angled buttresses and corner pinnacles, and buttressed aisles with clerestories. [2] [3] There are three-light windows in the aisles and four-light windows in the nave transepts. Stained glass in the nave windows was designed by Frances Barnett of Leith. [2] The windows of the 1894 extension are larger than elsewhere and have reticulated tracery. The large east window has stained glass, possibly by William Wailes. [2]
The nave arcades are supported by clustered marble piers with foliated tops and moulded lancet arches. [2] [3] There is a two-bay gallery to the west. [2] The chancel is flanked by two lady chapels. The church fittings include a white marble octagonal pulpit that is carved and sits on red and black columns. [3]
There is a Neo-Georgian presbytery to the east of the building that was built c. 1950, and a former school to the west that dates from 1898. [2] The church has no graveyard. [7]
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