The pulpit was made during the alterations of 1911-4 to the West Church, but it incorporates parts of an older one dating from the 17th century. Its circular body, in which the old work appears, is divided into four main parts by fluted pilasters with composite capitals, and these parts are in turn subdivided transversely by mid-rails. The four upper panels are sunk, fielded and carved with arabesque ornamentation; the lower ones are sunk but not fielded, and show a variant of the square-and-cypher pattern with a carved foliated centre. The mid-rails have a simple intertwined border enclosing a floral centre and, at each end, a leaf. The top rail shows a band divided into rectangles by vertical ribs.
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