Historic churches · Scottish Highlands
St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour
St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour — category A listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
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St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour is a category A listed building-listed church in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB20872). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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St Margaret's Church is a church of the Scottish Episcopal Church near Aberlour in Moray, Scotland. It is Gothic in style, built mostly of tooled granite rubble, and has a cruciform layout with an east–west oriented nave, transepts to the north and south, and a slender tower at the south-west corner. Its interior is lavishly decorated with polished granite columns topped with ornately carved capitals, marble chancel furniture, and many stained glass windows depicting saints and biblical scenes. St Margaret's was built between 1875 and 1879 by Alexander Ross and largely paid for by Margaret Macpherson Grant, an heiress who had inherited a large fortune from her uncle Alexander Grant, a slave-owning merchant and planter who had become rich in Jamaica.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Margaret's Church is a church of the Scottish Episcopal Church near Aberlour in Moray, Scotland. It is Gothic in style, built mostly of tooled granite rubble, and has a cruciform layout with an east–west oriented nave, transepts to the north and south, and a slender tower at the south-west corner. Its interior is lavishly decorated with polished granite columns topped with ornately carved capitals, marble chancel furniture, and many stained glass windows depicting saints and biblical scenes. St Margaret's was built between 1875 and 1879 by Alexander Ross and largely paid for by Margaret Macpherson Grant, an heiress who had inherited a large fortune from her uncle Alexander Grant, a slave-owning merchant and planter who had become rich in Jamaica. The church was built as the chapel for an orphanage that she founded in the town; the orphanage has since been demolished, but the church continues to be used for weekly services, and has been designated a Category A listed building.
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Background
History
St Margaret's Church was built between 1875 and 1879 by Alexander Ross, and was originally used as the chapel for the Aberlour Orphanage that was built at the same time. The construction of both was mostly paid for by a local benefactor to the Episcopal Church, Margaret Macpherson Grant. Having commissioned William Robertson to build Aberlour House for him, he returned to Aberlour in 1838. He divided his time between Aberlour and London for the rest of his life, and died in 1854. She used her fortune to pay for the building of the church and the orphanage, amongst other gifts to the Episcopal Church, The charity that managed the orphanage continues to operate as the Aberlour Child Care…
Architecture
The interior of the church is richly decorated with ornate stonework. The trio of windows in the east gable feature stained glass, depicting the crucifixion and other biblical events.
Description
St Margaret's Church is located in a secluded woodland setting, at the end of a long drive leading uphill from Aberlour's High Street. It is a large cruciform church, built to a Gothic design, made of tooled pink granite with contrasting ashlar detailing.
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- Coordinates
- 57.4726, -3.2157
- District
- Moray
- Postcode
- AB38 9QE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Sources
- wikidata: Q17572269 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Margaret's Church, Aberlour (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour?
- St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB38 9QE).
- Is St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour a listed building?
- St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- Is St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour free to visit?
- Yes, St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Margaret's Episcopal Church and Burial Ground, Aberlour?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode AB38 9QE. It sits within the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey parliamentary constituency.