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Kells

St Margaret's Episcopal Church, originally built in 1904 with a chancel added in 1908 and a lych gate in 1912. The style is Arts and Crafts. The wooden panelling and furnishings are a mixture of Oregon pine and oak.

Kells Parish Church, dating to 1822. It has a notable graveyard with Covenanter’s stones, three Adam and Eve stones of 1706 - 1707, and an upright for John Murray, Captain Gordon’s gamekeeper for 46 years, John Murray. One side is decorated with grouse, dog, gun, power flask and fishing rod.

Kelton

St John the Evangelist RC Church. One of the many RC churches designed by the Sheffield and London based architects Goldie and Child. The practice started in 1867 which happens to be the same year that St John was designed.

St Ringans Church. The oldest church in Castle Douglas. Ringan is a variant of the name Ninian. It began as the Cameronian Meeting House. In 1876 it became the MacMillan Free Church. Also popularly known as the Marrow Kirk or the Kirk on the Hill. There were three Free Churches in Castle Douglas and when they amalgamated in 1923 they met in the Queen Street building which became known as Queen Street Free Church. In 1929 on the amalgamation of Free and Established Churches, the name was changed to St Ringan’s Church of Scotland. After the closure of St Andrew’s Church, St Ringan’s became Castle Douglas Parish Church

The congregation of St Ninians Episcopal Church was firstly a mission for English and Irish navvies who had come to the area to build the railway. It was begun by Mrs Taylor nee Miss Gordon of Kenmure Castle. She played the harmonium at their services in the Town Hall and was instrumental in organising the collection of monies for a Church building. St. Ninian’s foundation stone was laid in 1856. There used to be a spire on the tower which was removed in 1946 due to woodworm. There is fine stained glass. On the walls are 4 wooden crosses which originally marked soldiers’ graves in Flanders. When gravestones were erected there, the crosses were brought home and placed beside the pews where their families normally sat.

St Andrew's Church was formerly Castle Douglas’ Parish Church. Now closed. Taken over by a coalition of theatre groups in 1992 and opened in 1996 as Lochside Theatre. It began as a mission station in the Town Hall as the actual parish church then was Kelton, some way out of town. A Chapel of Ease was built in 1869 which later became the nave of the church and in 1873 it became known as Lochside Parish Church. The tower was added in 1890. In 1929, the named was changed to St Andrew’s.

Kirkgunzeon

Robert Clark a local architect designed Kirkgunzeon Parish Church, a replacement for an earlier church. Building work was completed circa 1796 although the bellcote is a later addition and possibly 19th century. The pulpit is 18th century although internally the seating arrangement has been changed during the course of the building. The graveyard features many 18th and 19th century hadstones.

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