King Edward, Old Parish Church And Burial-ground

Heritage listing

Date Added 17/02/1993 Last Date Amended 18/02/2025 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Aberdeenshire Parish King Edward NGR NJ 70928 57763 Coordinates 370928, 857763 — The monument consists of the remains of King Edward old parish church and burial ground. It is believed that there was a church here from at least 1124 but reports of two symbol stone fragments found in the churchyard suggests that there was an earlier religious foundation on the site. The burial ground is surrounded by a wall and this has an arched gateway dated 1621. The church and burial ground are located in a loop of the Burn of King Edward at about 35m above sea level. The original church building had a rectangular-plan and was orientated to the east. It was lengthened in 1570, and a south aisle was added in 1619. The main body of the church measures 7.3m north to south, with an estimated length of at least 21m east-west, with walls about 1m thick. The aisle projects about 8m from the south wall and this has a doorway through its south wall with an armorial panel to John Urquhart above it. A 19th-century stone roofed burial vault has been built within the nave near the west end. The church has been considerably remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries, but there are significant sections of medieval fabric surviving to full height, consisting of the west gable and part of the adjoining walls. The west gable has a round-arched, segmental-headed entrance with a roll moulding. Above this are inserted armorial tablets and an ogee-headed niche, and a later gallery window. The belfry of 1619 has fallen but has been replaced by a reconstruction based on the original. There is a blocked segmental-headed entrance in the south wall of the nave and surviving in the north wall is a small pointed-arched

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.