Historic churches · Scottish Highlands
Cruden Parish Church
Cruden Parish Church — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
About
Cruden Parish Church is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB3057). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
St Olaf's Church (also known as Old Parish Church) is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in 1776. It was designated in 1971. It is a Church of Scotland parish church. The church's twin conically roofed towers were added in 1833 by John Smith. According to historian Charles McKean, this "transformed this delightful church from an otherwise standard granite box kirk, customary birdcage bellcote topping the west gable, into a fantasy".
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Olaf's Church (also known as Old Parish Church) is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in 1776. It was designated in 1971. It is a Church of Scotland parish church. The church's twin conically roofed towers were added in 1833 by John Smith. According to historian Charles McKean, this "transformed this delightful church from an otherwise standard granite box kirk, customary birdcage bellcote topping the west gable, into a fantasy". The interior retains the original 1834 pulpit, a 12th-century baptismal font, and a 1519 Dutch bell.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 57.4194, -1.8841
- Official site
- www.crudenchurch.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17777593 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Olaf's Church (Cruden) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cruden Parish Church?
- Cruden Parish Church is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.4194°, -1.8841°.
- Is Cruden Parish Church a listed building?
- Cruden Parish Church carries the heritage designation "category B listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.