Old Parish Church, Peebles

We had arranged a Blipmeet with BarbaraFurphy, who lives nearby in Innerleithen. We had a lovely tour of the town, which is an old Borders town with solid, grey stonework everywhere. The River Tweed runs through the town and there is a classic, arched roadbridge.

The Old Parish Church, which dominates one end of the High Street, is one of several Christian churches in the town. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland and was Dedicated on 29 March 1887.

The church was constructed between 1885 and 1887 at a cost of £9,500. It includes some features from an earlier parish church built on the site in 1784. The architect was William Young of London who designed the church in a Gothic style.

In the town there is an outstanding War memorial, housed in a beautiful structure, and has a mosaic cross within.

Earlier, just outside the grounds of the Hotel, we saw some interesting alpacas, which we hadn't seen before.

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