Building record MAB36075 - MONIKIE PARISH CHURCH

Former parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, and its associated graveyard.

Former parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, and its associated graveyard. Built between 1811-1812 by David Neave, architect, the church is partly situated on the site of its predecessor. Warden (1884) states that the church was originally gifted to Arbroath Abbey (MAB38316) by William the Lion in the 12th Century, and that the bell, in the current church, bears the date 1118, when the previous church was probably erected.

The present church was altered in the 1880s, and again between 1901-1903 by James H. Langlands, architect. There is a hearse-house to the west of the church, probably built in the early-19th Century. The church is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a rectangular building with the western elevation widening at the north, set to the north of a rectangular graveyard. The hearse-house is shown as a rectangular building in the northwest corner of the graveyard. On the 2nd edition OS map, there is an L-plan addition to the east elevation.

It is a plain, oblong, gothic, rubble-built church, with a slate roof and a small belfry. The hearse-house is a small, plain, oblong building, also constructed of rubble with a slate roof. There are 18th Century gravestones in the graveyard. The graveyard also contains the Second World War Commonwealth war grave of Guardsman Ralph Hardie McKenzie, Scots Guards.

The Monikie Parish War memorials (First and Second World Wars) are held in Monikie Parish Church, in the form of two commemorative plaques. A full transcription of the memorial is held in the AAS Digital Archive.

The manse (MAB36094) is to the east.

Warden, A J, 1880-5, [Untitled], Vol.4, 413-15 (Bibliographic reference). SAB10130.

Name Book (County), n.d., [Untitled], Book No.4, 346 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5740.

Record last edited

Jul 22 2026 4:04PM