Building record MAB11744 - WEST CHURCH BUILDINGS
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Summary
Remains of a United Free church depicted on historic OS maps.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 4940 6162 (56m by 56m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ46SE |
| Authority | Moray |
| Civil Parish | Deskford |
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Remains of a United Free church depicted on historic OS maps. The 1st edition shows the church with a two-compartment building, annotated as a school, to the northeast. The OS Name Book (describes the school as a free church school with no endowment, belonging to the Free Church Establishment which provides its support. On the 2nd edition map the church is annotated U.F. Church, the school annotated as a hall. On a 1965 OS map it is named as West church buildings. The buildings are now unroofed. Site visit by S Farrell in June 2021 recorded both buildings in a ruinous condition. The school a single storey with four windows and a single doorway, rubble built and harled, the slate roof now removed. There are chimneys at both gables and a cast iron skylight and a later, possibly later dormer in the roof. The church is harled over rubble and brick, with a small attached house, also harled with chimney to the northeast, slate roof and cast iron guttering.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2022, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 22 (2021), p.120 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8314.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: MOR;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ46SE0095;
External Links (0)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB8314 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2022. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 22 (2021). p.120.
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2022 11:08AM
