Kinloss Parish Church, Kinloss

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 26/01/1971 Local Authority Moray Planning Authority Moray Parish Kinloss NGR NJ 06267 61756 Coordinates 306267, 861756 — 1765; repairs and re-fenestratin of S elevation 1830, William Robertson, architect; centre rear T-plan wing, Alexander Urquhart, Forres, 1834; gabled wings NW and SW, tower and re-cast and re-modelled interior, A and W Reid, Elgin 1863. Irregular plan church, harled, tooled rubble tower, tooled ashlar dressings. Hoodmoulded entrance in base of tower, also square porch in SW re-entrant angle; 4 substantial 1830 square-headed hoodmoulded windows with mullion and transom (at SW re-set in 1863 gable); 2 1863 pointed-headed hoodmoulded windows in W gable. 3-stage tower at E with pointed-headed louvred Gothic openings in each face of upper stage and corbelled and crenellated wallhead. Lattice-pane glazing; slate roof; apex cross at W. INTERIOR: plain interior re-cast to W in 1863; gallery at E; pine dado; pine pews; re-located plain (?)18th century panelled pulpit stands on reduced base and without tester at side of chancel area; 1863 Gothic backboard to former pulpit in centre of W wall. 1688 mort bell by John Cowie of Elgin. Low coped rubble wall (1830) encloses church.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.