St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fasque

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 18/08/1972 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Fettercairn NGR NO 65020 75549 Coordinates 365020, 775549 — John Henderson, Edinburgh 1846-47; chancel added 1867; alterations by Alexander Ross, Alexander Ross and Son, and John Alistair Ross between 1907 and 1923. Well-detailed Early English/Early Decorated Episcopal Chapel with crypt built for Sir John Gladstone. 3-bay buttressed nave, rectangular-plan with vestry forming T-projection at N, cusped bellcote at W gable, traceried windows and fine interior. Ashlar with long and short work quoins; nave interior of Caen stone. Raked base course, string courses forming cill course and continuous hoodmould and eaves course. Voussoirs, 2-stage buttresses, diagonal at angles; stone mullions, chamfered reveals and raked cills. Boarded timber doors with decorative ironwork. FURTHER DESCRIPTION: bellcote-gabled entrance elevation at W with 2-leaf door at centre in moulded doorway below double lancet window with quatrefoil under stepped course forming hoodmould. Lower, gabled 1867 chancel at E with stepped triple lancet under string course hoodmould and blind trefoil in finialled gablehead. Single lancet windows to N and S elevations. Figurative coloured glass (see Interior); diamond and square leaded glazing patterns, some with decorative glass and borders. Small grey slates. Ashlar-coped skews and moulded skewputts. Cast iron square-section downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers and fixings; decorative ironwork ventilator grilles. INTERIOR: little-altered interior scheme in place, including nave with panelled dadoes, fixed timber pews, hammerbeam-type roof and early suspended light fittings. Side arch at NE with organ and leading to vestry. Stop-chamfering to chancel arch

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.