Old Free Church, Aberchirder

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 22/02/1972 Supplementary Information Updated 04/03/1994 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Burgh Aberchirder NGR NJ 62876 52624 Coordinates 362876, 852624 — James Henderson, 1841. New Marnoch Church, formerly Free church of Scotland (see notes). 2-storey hall church, gabled rectangular-plan with octagonal 4-stage entrance tower to S, single storey gabled vestry to N. Random rubble, ashlar dressings with eaves course, ashlar tower. Tall round-arched windows. TOWER: entrance to S: 4-panelled 2-leaf door with blinded fanlight en suite, 4 additional fixed doors flanking. Tall, slender round-arched windows above in pilastered bays with cornice, clock with moulded surround to 3rd stage, bell tower above with 8 round-arched louvred narrow openings, eaves course, cornice and ogival lead roof with wrought-iron weathervane. NAVE: entrance tower flanked by single windows, 4 windows to E and W elevations. 2 smaller windows to N with stained glass. VESTRY: adjoining to N, single storey, adapted to accommodate N windows of nave. 2 round-arched windows to N, Door to E, window E and W. Lying-pane and border glazing. Grey slates, coped ashlar skews and stack to vestry, later brick stack and flue to N elevation of nave. INTERIOR: pulpit to N, with arcaded balustrade, panelled sounding board above with small bracketted canopy. Stained glass with New Testament scenes to flanking windows. Panelled raked gallery supported on cast-iron columns to 3 sides, painted pews, pine altar furniture. Marble memorial plaques in entrance hall to Mr and Mrs Stronach, and Rev D Henry (see notes). BOUNDARY WALL TO CHURCHYARD: ashlar coped, random rubble. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. New Marnoch Church is important in the history of the Disruptio

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.