Building record MAB21347 - NEWMACHAR PARISH CHURCH, NEWMACHAR

Parish church and associated graveyard, dating from the late 18th century, and associated graveyard.

Parish church and associated graveyard, dating from the late 18th century, and associated graveyard. Round headed traceried window rectangular, with birdcage bellcote with ball finial on west end dated 1791. Granite harled on north side, slated roof session house at east side. Fine Douglas Strachan window marking connection with bishops of Aberdeen and deanery of St Machar's. At the east end is a large complex of meeting rooms, office and vestry, partly built in the 1950s but most dating from 2007. The church sits within a triangular graveyard. Several of the gravestones date from the 18th century. A watching brief was maintained in January 2006 during the removal of grave slabs and the exhumation of 18th and 19th century burials in the graveyard at the southeast corner of the church adjacent to the steps to the car park. Five grave slabs were removed to facilitate an extension to the church and the remains removed for reburial. During observation it was clear that there were a number of unmarked and previously unrecorded burials and that the whole area had been disturbed. There was no evidence of earlier structures. The parish was disjoined from St Machar's, Aberdeen, on 9 May 1609; it was then known as Monkyebuck, but became known as Upper Machar from the end of the 17th century, and as New Machar in the 18th century. The IWM war memorials register records that a WWI memorial from Kingseat Hospital (NJ91NW0067) is now in the church.

Period Notes
Built 1791; alterations and repairs c.1880s; remodelling 1913.

Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 21/07/01 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.

MURRAY, H. K., 2007, DES VOL7, 2006, p.21 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4566.

watching brief

Record last edited

Sep 12 2025 3:38PM