Church, Kirkton of Glenbuchat

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 16/04/1971 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Glenbuchat National Park Cairngorms NGR NJ 37565 15132 Coordinates 337565, 815132 — Dated 1629, rebuilt 1792 and possibly incorporating 1473 fabric; laird's loft added 1828, gable windows possibly of same date. Simple, unaltered, rectangular-plan, aisless church with 4-bay nave and gablehead belfry retaining bell dated 1643. Harled (concrete harl to blank N elevation) with deep-set, square-headed openings, stone margins and chamfered arrises. Further Description: S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. 2 windows to centre with doors to flanking bays, each door vertically-boarded with ironwork handle and decoratively-astragalled fanlight; 2 diminutive rooflights close to wallhead at centre. Small flat stone (possibly for sundial) projecting high up at outer left angle. E AND W ELEVATIONS: gabled elevations, each with tall centre window. E gable with urn-finialled stone belfry (see Notes); moulded triangular panel to apex of W gable with 'M A K 1629'. Multi-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slates. Ashlar-coped skews. INTERIOR: rare survival of unaltered interior with pulpit at centre of S wall, simple fixed pews to remaining sides with box pews to N incorporating communion tables, and manse pew (also box) to E; later E gallery with square marbled centre column and panelled front with Lord Fife's coat of arms. Floor cobbled beneath box pews, dirt floor elsewhere; passageways laid with Correen stone. Coomb ceiling (see Notes) with 2 small rooflights to south. WWI memorial from former Free Church, and classical marble memorial to Farquharsons of Badenyon. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such, annual service held on the third Sunday in Augu

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.