St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church




Here are a few photographs which will give you a better idea of our church building. Click on the photograph to see the enlarged picture. Then, on the enlarged photograph screen, click the back pointing arrow in the tool bar to return to this page.

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This is a picture of the Church taken from the South East, It shows the two distinct parts of the Church. The Church to the left of the photograph and the ruined Apse to the right.

This picture shows the north side of the church. There is a burial ground, which is no longer used, in the foreground.

This picture shows the Apse. This was the extended Chancel and Lady Chapel of the Pre-Reformation Church which was left roofless (as was the rest of the Church,) after the visit of the English Army in 1547.

Separated from the rest of the Church by a curtain wall, access to the Apse is through this fine doorway. The Gate was presented by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. Many of the Duke's ancestors are buried in the old Sacristy within the Apse.

The spire is a well known landmark on the townscape of Dalkeith.

The Church viewed from the east end of Dalkeith High Street.

The two bells housed high up in the spire.The nearer one weighs a quarter of a ton, the other weighs half a ton.

The Dalkeith Hammermen's Banner which dates from the mid seventeenth century was recently restored thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (Your Heritage). The banner is on the south wall where the Hammermen's loft (gallery) was sited.

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