Building record MAB38746 - DUN PARISH CHURCH

Parish church and graveyard, still in ecclesiastical use.

Parish church and graveyard, still in ecclesiastical use. It replaced the former parish church (NO65NE0002) to the South-East. It was built in 1834, to the design of Robert Dalgarno, with a vestry added in the later-19th century, becoming visible on the 2nd edition OS map. The church also incorporates a bell from 1815, known as the Barclay Bell. It is a short wide rectangular Gothic building, constructed of pinned rough ashlar. There is a tower in the centre of the front East Gable. The tower incorporates the entrance, which is a pointed-arch doorway, with a double-leaf timber door, flanked by engaged columns. Above the doorway, there is a large heraldic memorial panel, dedicated to William Henry Kennedy Erskine of Dun (1870). Above this are blind bipartite lancets, and above this, divided by a string-course, is an open bellcote. The tower has a castellated parapet, with angle pinnacles. Flanking the tower are two large pointed-headed windows. There is a small single-storey vestry at the rear, on the West gable, with a piended roof. It has a single rectangular window on the North face, and a rectangular window and doorway on the South face. The South flank has two pointed-headed windows, similar to those flanking the entrance, but the North side is blind. The West gable also has two similar windows, which are partially masked by the later vestry. At the apex of the West gable is what appears to be the corniced base of an apex finial, which is no longer there. There are slate roofs and decorated skewputts. Inside, there is a pulpit against the West wall, dated to 1615, and a panelled gallery covering the full length of the North, East and East walls. There is a memorial tablet commemorating those from the parish who died in the First and Second World Wars. The original graveyard surrounds the church, and there is a modern extension of the graveyard to the North. It contains 19th and 20th century stones. A full transcription of memorial held in AAS Digital Archive. In the churchyard is a war memorial unveiled in 2000, comprising a stone base bearing a white marble block incised with the names of the lost, this surmounted by a black granite block sculpted with a kilted soldier.

Period Notes
Built in 1834, with a later 19th century vestry added. The graveyard has a modern extension, and 19th and 20th century gravestones. It was listed on 11/06/1971.

WHITE, H, 2012, MONTROSE BASIN SURVEY 1999-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2127.

Record last edited

Sep 16 2025 2:23PM