Building record MAB41413 - DRUMOAK CHURCH
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Summary
Former parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 3101
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7924 9929 (105m by 134m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO79NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Drumoak |
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Former parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use. It is aligned north-south with a large burial ground to the south. Built in the 19th century, the church was designed by Archibald Simpson, 1835-6. Constructed of harled rubble walls and granite dressing stones and surrounds. The wide roof is slated. The church is a fairly simple rectangular building with a projecting south bay which contains the doors into the church and the stairway up to the gallery. There are Gothic Revival features, including the pinnacled buttresses, pointed-arch (lancet) windows and pinnacled bellcote. Within the burial ground are the Commonwealth war graves of Private Alexander Thomson, Black Watch, and Signalman Harold Davie, Royal Corps of Signals.
Period Notes
Built 1835-6; bell 1836.
Listed 16/04/1971.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No39(1865) (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, DRUMOAK 1 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 3101;
- NMR Card Number: NO79NE60;
- NRHE Numlink: 150183;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO79NE0043;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB3101 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/150183 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (2)
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Record last edited
Aug 5 2025 10:21AM
