Building record MAB14189 - ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SEAFIELD TERRACE, PORTSOY
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Summary
Episcopal church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, built by James Ross, architect, and dated 1840.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 40280
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 5878 6593 (38m by 24m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ56NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fordyce |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Episcopal church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, built by James Ross, architect, and dated 1840. It was closed for worship in 2016. The church is a simple rectangular building orientated roughly east-west, with slightly advanced north and south gables suggesting a shallow cruciform plan. It has Gothic detailing, and is constructed of dark coursed rubble with contrasting tooled sandstone dressings, and has a harl-pointed north elevation. The east entrance gable has a shallow advanced centre bay with a pointed-headed doorway and window above, and similar narrow lancets light the set-back outer bays. A centre square bellcote housing a single bell is surmounted by facetted spire with a cross finial. The long three-bay south elevation has Y-tracery windows in the outer bays, and three-light geometric tracery in the larger centre gable window. The east elevation has a three-light window lighting the chancel. The north elevation has a blind pointed-headed window in the centre. There is a slate roof and small pinnacles at the north, south and east apices. The interior is simple and lofty, with shallow vaulting meeting at the crossing. There are plain late 19th century pews and a circa 1900 tub font on a low cluster-column base. A chancel mural memorial (1833) in the style of William Robertson, Elgin, is to James Wilson of Cairnbanno, Aberdeenshire, who died at Rose Acre Cottage, Portsoy, 27 October, 1833. He was a member of the Wilson family who served the Earls of Seafield as factors. Other members of the same family are commemorated by a late 19th century stained glass window the in the centre of the south elevation. There is also a memorial to Arthur Abercrombie of Glassaugh (died 1859) and his wife Elizabeth (died 1838). A Level 1 Standing Building Survey was carried out in August 2017 by MAS prior to proposed conversion.
Period Notes
Listed 22/02/1972
DSCN1709 - 1711, DSCN1709 - 1711 (Ground Photograph). SAB35986.
MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES, 2017, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PORTSOY, ABERDEENSHIRE: STANDING BUILDING SURVEY, L1 SBS (Bibliographic reference). SAB7339.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2018, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, VOLUME 18, 2017, pp.16-17 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6463.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 40280;
- NMR Card Number: NJ56NE137;
- NRHE Numlink: 180753;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ56NE0198;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB40280 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/180753 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SAB35986 Ground Photograph: DSCN1709 - 1711. Digital. DSCN1709 - 1711.
- --- SAB6463 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2018. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, VOLUME 18, 2017. Y. pp.16-17.
- --- SAB7339 Bibliographic reference: MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES. 2017. ST JOHN THE BAPTIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PORTSOY, ABERDEENSHIRE: STANDING BUILDING SURVEY. L1 SBS.
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2022 10:39AM
