Botriphnie Parish Church, Drummuir

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 22/02/1972 Local Authority Moray Planning Authority Moray Parish Botriphnie NGR NJ 37539 44114 Coordinates 337539, 844114 — 1820, alterations and additions, R B Pratt, Elgin, 1901. Rectangular harl pointed rubble church, tooled ashlar dressings. Long S facing elevation with pair large round-headed windows flanked by entrances in outer bays each with round-headed fanlight and double-leaf plank doors. Square-headed gallery window in each gable under relieving arch. Ball-finialled bellcote at W gable apex (re-used from old church, Keith); re-hung 1753 bell; ball finial at E apex. 1901. Minister's room extends at E gable. Single storey, 2 bays with round-headed door and window. 1901 glazing throughout. Slate roofs. 1986 extension at rear of Minister's room. INTERIOR: original galleried lay-out. 5-sided gallery supported by cast-iron columns; original field-panel front with Gordon-Duff armorials inset at centre. 19th century mural monuments. BURIAL GROUND: semi-circular rubble walled burial ground fronts church with some up-standing remains of 1617 (and possibly earlier) church now re-used as burial enclosure with various exceptionally good mural monuments dated 1667, 1727 and 1758. 17th century and subsequent tombstones. Simple entrance to burial ground closed by pair cast-iron spearhead carriage gates. MURAL MONUMENTS IN RUINOUS OLD CHURCH; 1667; commemorating Ann Gordon and Katherine Leslie, sited on E wall, a Corinthianesque aedicule with good 17th century lettering and enriched frieze. 1727, commemorating Reverend George Chalmers, sited on W, wall, Roman Doric aedicule with pulvinated frieze, broken segmental armorial pediment and finely carved nimbus flanking a bible containing a white marble tablet in black frame. 1758, commemorating Helen Chalme

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.