Dunglass Church
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Image: © James Denham Taken: 13 Apr 2009
It is not clear when the first church was erected at Dunglass in the south-eastern reaches of East Lothian but there was a church, the Chapel of St. Mary, in place when Sir Alexander Home was granted the Lordship of Dunglass in 1421. In 1443, the same lord employed a college of priests led by a provost, to pray for his family, his ancestors and descendants, effectively converting the church to Collegiate status. The church Sir Alexander inherited was a rectangular building consisting of a nave and chancel but in the later part of the 16th. century, beyond the Scottish Reformation, a central tower and transepts to the north and south were added. The church was later used as burial aisles for the Homes and the later owners, the Hall family of Edinburgh. In the 19th. century, the church was used as a barn by a thoughtless, uncaring farmer who bulldozed a great whole in the east gable wall. Dunglass Collegiate Church of St. Mary is now in the care of Historic Scotland and is a free to see visitor attraction.
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