St Mary's Church, Kirkhill

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Kirkhill NGR NH 54967 45705 Coordinates 254967, 845705 — Former Wardlaw Parish church of which only rectangular burial aisle at west of 1634 survives, with belfry dated 1722. 1634 rectangular burial aisle, possibly incorporating earlier core; harled rubble with ashlar dressings. 3-bay south elevation with 1722 belfry at east apex; square headed door with moulded jambs at; 2 long round-headed windows with similarly moulded jambs, panelled wooden shutters with long blacksmith hinges extending across shutters as locking bars. Forestair at east gable leading to mural wheel stair serving bellcote tower; small square base with square headed windows in each face (except west) and small decorative stumpy bartizans at each angle, each bartizan corbelled out with decorative moulding ashlar conical caps and diminutive apex ball finials. Circular belfry stage with 4 square headed windows immediately below eaves cornice off-set to window below; conical roof with 4 diminutive dated lucarnes, double ball finial and copper weathercock. Strapwork buckle margins at SE and NE angles; moulded eaves cornice north and south; flat skews terminating in swept skewputts; slate roof. Interior shallow raised dais at east with carved ashlar balustrade incorporating Lovat coat of arms; Corninthian columned and pedimented mural memorial plaque; further plaques in moulded surrounds to either side. Plaques in north and south wall recording burial vaults of Frasers of Reelig and Belladrum. Shallow mural recess in north wall housing 2 early carved fragments. Trapdoor entrance to Lovat (Fraser of Beaufort) burial vault immediately in front of balustrade; steps lead to vault containing various 18th and early 19th c

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.