Dalserf Church
A few hundred yards south-east
of the Garrion Bridges.
of the Garrion Bridges.
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This rather cute church is tucked away just off the Clyde valley road (the A72).
It was built (in a rectangular form) in 1655 or so but has been much modified over the many years since. As you can see it's in a tiny hamlet and has currently a total of nine entrances.
Each of the external stairways, as was the habit in church architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries, leads to an upstairs secluded gallery for the local lords and masters and their families to worship in private. Being good upstanding Christians they wouldn't want to mix with the ordinary people.
The church hall is the long white building just across the main (only) village street and the River Clyde loops round a flood plain to the north of the church a short distance away.
It was built (in a rectangular form) in 1655 or so but has been much modified over the many years since. As you can see it's in a tiny hamlet and has currently a total of nine entrances.
Each of the external stairways, as was the habit in church architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries, leads to an upstairs secluded gallery for the local lords and masters and their families to worship in private. Being good upstanding Christians they wouldn't want to mix with the ordinary people.
The church hall is the long white building just across the main (only) village street and the River Clyde loops round a flood plain to the north of the church a short distance away.
