The Old Parish Church of Peebles
Virtual Visit
The Present Church
The Entrance
The entrance screen was gifted to the Church in 1965 and is worked in oak, wrought
iron, bronze and engraved glass. The glass of the doors depicts the four evangelists,
Matthew and Mark to the left and Luke and John to the right. The door handles are in
the form of shepherds’ crooks.
The bronze work of the screen is a rich display of Christian symbolism. Those were
the days when artist and craftsman aided the preacher and sustained the Faith by
the use of their universal language. Thus a vocabulary of Christian symbolism was
evolved and it is much of that that is present here.
A note explaining these symbols lies on the vestibule table which was probably a
refectory table from the Cross Kirk Monastery and used by the Trinity Friars in the
16th century.
The Entrance Screen
The Crook Doors
Door Handles
© Peebles Old Parish Church of Scotland