Building record MAB7848 - BELLABEG, STRATHDON PARISH CHURCH
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Summary
Parish church, designed by James Matthews, dated 1853.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 16183
- Listed Building (C) 16183
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 3551 1274 (63m by 52m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ31SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Strathdon |
Type and Period (6)
- CHURCHYARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
- MANSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
- Graveyard (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
- MAUSOLEUM (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
- GRAVE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1561 AD to 2050 AD)
Full Description
Parish church, designed by James Matthews, dated 1853. Also named Kirk of Invernochty. Well-detailed gothic style church forming small group with graveyard and former manse on the edge of Bellabeg village. Cruciform-plan with four-bay aisleless nave and transepts, three-stage tower with broach spire in north-east re-entrant, small polygonal stair towers, reticulated tracery and deeply moulded doorpieces incorporating simple colonettes. It is constructed from coursed, squared and snecked rubble with contrasting dressings and long and short margins. Strathdon Parish Church is a little altered example of a finely-detailed parish church by one of the north east of Scotland's principal architects. Within the graveyard to the south-east of the church is the Mitchell-Forbes mausoleum, probably designed by Archibald Simpson in 1829 and built for Mary Forbes, wife of Daniel Mitchell. It is a two-stage Egyptian mausoleum constructed from granite ashlar. The first stage is on a Greek cross plan with a reduced square-plan second stage. There are cavetto cornices to the battered walls. The church and graveyard form a group with the manse and garden to the north (NJ31SE0173). The churchyard contains three First World War Commonwealth war graves. Many of the gravestones predate the 1853 church.
Period Notes
Manse built 1791; present structure built 1853 on site of older church; mausoleum built 1829; remodelled 1831.
Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 03/03/22 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.
Aug 15 2015 , AAS-GR-15-08-911 - 1225, AAS-GR-15-08-911 - 1225 (Ground Photograph). SAB35464.
Jan 1 1989 , AAS/GR/89/CT406,410-411, AAS/GR/89/CT406,410-411 (Ground Photograph). SAB32750.
Jan 1 1989 , AAS/GR/89/CT548-549, AAS/GR/89/CT548-549 (Ground Photograph). SAB32751.
May 25 1989 , IW 19-29, IW 19-29 (Ground Photograph). SAB33679.
Oct 15 2015 , AAS-GR-15-10-009 - 012, AAS-GR-15-10-009 - 012 (Ground Photograph). SAB32244.
Sep 4 2007 , AAS/07/1/DG1562, AAS/07/1/DG1562 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19184.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HAMP Asset: HA0332;
- HAMP Asset: HA5027;
- HAMP Asset: HA5503;
- HAMP Asset: HA5504;
- HES Listed Building Number: 16183;
- NMR Card Number: NJ31SE37;
- NRHE Numlink: 112399;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ31SE0047;
External Links (3)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB16183 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB16183 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/112399 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SAB1416 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. . PRESS & JOURNAL. 03/03/22.
- --- SAB19184 Air-oblique Photograph: Sep 4 2007 . AAS/07/1/DG1562. DG. AAS/07/1/DG1562.
- --- SAB32244 Ground Photograph: Oct 15 2015 . AAS-GR-15-10-009 - 012. Digital. AAS-GR-15-10-009 - 012.
- --- SAB32750 Ground Photograph: Jan 1 1989 . AAS/GR/89/CT406,410-411. Colour Transparency. AAS/GR/89/CT406,410-411.
- --- SAB32751 Ground Photograph: Jan 1 1989 . AAS/GR/89/CT548-549. Colour Transparency. AAS/GR/89/CT548-549.
- --- SAB33679 Ground Photograph: May 25 1989 . IW 19-29. Black & White. IW 19-29.
- --- SAB35464 Ground Photograph: Aug 15 2015 . AAS-GR-15-08-911 - 1225. Digital. AAS-GR-15-08-911 - 1225.
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Record last edited
Jan 3 2025 2:53PM
