Lych gate, Longside Church

Category

Library Item

Item no

29143

Title

Lych gate, Longside Church

Artist / maker

Ross, Thomas

Date

1881

Size

29.5 x 24.1 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Art and Design Library

Thomas Ross was born at Wardheads, Errol, and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland.
In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to the latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications.

The parish church of Longside was built in AD 1619-20, and was superseded in 1835 by the present church (NSA 1845). It was roofless in 1892. There is a lych-gate to the churchyard with a finial dated 1705, but the gate is probably earlier (MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92).

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