Building record MAB9621 - KILDRUMMY PARISH CHURCH

Parish church, still in ecclesiastical use.

Parish church, still in ecclesiastical use. It was built in 1805, replacing the Reformation church on the mound to the south (NJ41NE0003). It is an unusual, bow-fronted rectangular (almost square) church with a large round stair tower attached to the north. It was built using large, roughly squared granite rubble with smaller packing stones. Both the steeply-pitched pyramidal (piended) roof and stair tower are slated. On the north end of the round, central stair tower is a tall ashlar-built bellcote with an external bell pull and a carved ball finial. The east and west sides of the tower have a small rectangular door and a rectangular sash and case window above. The square body of the church has two very large pointed-arch windows symmetrically placed in the south wall. In the east and west walls are two small rectangular sash and case windows, which light the gallery and nave below. The interior of the church is arranged around the raised sanctuary against the south wall, with its pulpit and communion table. Nearby is a medieval font, which came from the earlier church. The furniture of the interior is not original, but is thought to date from circa 1845-50. There is a horseshoe gallery on three sides, supported by square columns and accessed via the large stair tower. The stair tower vestibule area has two World War memorials. The original graveyard is on the adjacent mound with a later large extension to the north and east of the current church. A watching brief was carried out in October and November 2017 by Cameron Archaeology during groundworks relating to new drainage. Three trenches were dug immediately around the church building, and there were no features, deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance identified during the watching brief.

Period Notes
Built in 1805, with furniture from circa 1845-50. It was listed on 16/04/1971.

SHEPHERD, I, 1996, ABERDEEN AND NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND (2ND ED), p.115 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4829.

CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2016, KILDRUMMY CHURCH, KILDRUMMY, ABERDEENSHIRE: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB8100.

LDN ARCHITECTS, 2016, SCOTTISH REDUNDANT CHURCHES TRUST CONDITION REPORT: KILDRUMMY KIRK, ABERDEENSHIRE (Bibliographic reference). SAB2806.

CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2017, KILDRUMMY CHURCH, KILDRUMMY: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB6754.

CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2017, REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF: KILDRUMMY CHURCH, KILDRUMMY, ABERDEENSHIRE, WB (Bibliographic reference). SAB6912.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2019, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 19, 2018, p. 16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6524.

Aug 15 2015 , AAS-GR-15-08-586 - 601, AAS-GR-15-08-586 - 601 (Ground Photograph). SAB35409.

Jan 1 1985 , AAS/GR/85/CT88, AAS/GR/85/CT88 (Ground Photograph). SAB32653.

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Feb 19 2024 12:03PM