Building record MAB16488 - INVERKEITHNY CHURCH
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Summary
Parish church, possibly built on the site of an earlier church, and its associated graveyard.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 13593
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6291 4704 (107m by 96m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ64NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Inverkeithny |
Type and Period (6)
- CHURCH (17th Century - 1638 AD to 1638 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
- PARISH CHURCH (17th Century to 20th Century - 1638 AD to 1920 AD?)
- WAR MEMORIAL (TRIBUTE) (World War 1 to World War 2 - 1914 AD to 1945 AD)
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- TABLE TOMB (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
Full Description
Built in 1881, the parish church is a rectangular plan, 4-bay church in the Gothic style, aligned east-west with the session house/vestry adjoining to the north. It is constructed of squared and coursed stugged whinstone, with coursed and pinned rubble to the north and west walls, alongside contrasting stugged ashlar dressings in pale pink granite. The church has pointed-arch bipartite windows with ashlar hood-moulds and rosette label stops. The interior is simple, with grained woodwork, a blind arcaded timber gallery to the east end on cast-iron columns, and a coomb ceiling with trefoil motif to collar braces. The belfry on the gable top of the session house bears the date 1638 and is thought to be from an earlier church on the site.
The graveyard is framed with coped rubble retaining walls, with a re-used urn finial marking the gate pier to west. A number of fine 17th and 18th Century table-top gravestones can be found in the graveyard. Inverkeithny War Memorial, in the form of a decorative plaque, is included on one of the internal church walls. The churchyard also contains a memorial to Peter Morrison (1829-1875), a preacher and Schoolmaster at Inverkeithny for 38 years, the memorial erected by the school.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No19(1866) 19 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
Apr 14 2011 , IMG016-021, IMG016-021 (Ground Photograph). SAB13064.
Jun 3 2009 , GR-09-DMC-0464-0467, GR-09-DMC-0464-0467 (Ground Photograph). SAB19968.
Jun 3 2009 , GR-09-DMC-0472-0479, GR-09-DMC-0472-0479 (Ground Photograph). SAB19969.
Oct 1 1993 , LB Survey, LB Survey (Ground Photograph). SAB13506.
Oct 24 2023 , ABS-GR-23-10-001 - 009, ABS-GR-23-10-001 - 009 (Ground Photograph). SAB36592.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HAMP Asset: HA0350;
- Local Government Guardianship;
- NMR Card Number: NJ64NW11;
- NRHE Numlink: 18331;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ64NW0031;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB13593 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/18331 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB13064 Ground Photograph: Apr 14 2011 . IMG016-021. Digital. IMG016-021.
- --- SAB13506 Ground Photograph: Oct 1 1993 . LB Survey. Digital. LB Survey.
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No19(1866) 19.
- --- SAB19968 Ground Photograph: Jun 3 2009 . GR-09-DMC-0464-0467. DG. GR-09-DMC-0464-0467.
- --- SAB19969 Ground Photograph: Jun 3 2009 . GR-09-DMC-0472-0479. DG. GR-09-DMC-0472-0479.
- --- SAB36592 Ground Photograph: Oct 24 2023 . ABS-GR-23-10-001 - 009. Digital. ABS-GR-23-10-001 - 009.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
Jul 15 2026 2:37PM
