St Andrew's R.C. Church, Auchendryne Square, Braemar

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 22/02/1991 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Crathie And Braemar National Park Cairngorms NGR NO 14839 91609 Coordinates 314839, 791609 — Dated 1839. 3-bay, rectangular plan Gothic church, with attached Presbytery, 1864. Squared and coursed granite rubble; base course, string course, gable bellcote and offset pinnacles to entrance elevation, buttresses, all openings single light lancet windows. 3-bay 2-storey granite presbytery. CHURCH: S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical gabled elevation with central advanced bay and angled clasping buttresses. Central 2-leaf timber entrance door. Above, central panel, with single window and date stone 'DEO 1839', rising over roof apex to gabled bellcote with bell in situ. Flanking windows now blind. Outer buttresses rising to pinnacles. W ELEVATION: 5-bay, divided by buttresses. E ELEVATION: mirror of W excepting small, low monopitch rendered addition to NW corner. N ELEVATION: symmetrical with 3 lancet windows and clasping buttresses rising to pinnacles. Later harled gabled addition to right. Windows all stained glass, predominantly depicting Scottish Saints (see notes). Grey slates, cast iron rainwater goods. Saw-tooth skews to N and S gables. Small brick stack midway up roof ridge to N gable. INTERIOR: restrained but with decorative Catholic elements; mosaic floor depicting St Andrew in entrance vestibule. Tiled central aisle (now part covered). Timber dado with trefoil pattern. Timber pews with fleur-de-lys ends. Plaster rib vaulted ceiling with gilded bosses echoing fan vaulting. Organ gallery to S with openwork timber screen below forming separation from main part of nave. Altar with timber panelled reredos with painted and gilded panels depicting saints. Carved timber le

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.