Old Meldrum, Kirk Brae, Meldrum Parish Church And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (19th Century)
Site Name Old Meldrum, Kirk Brae, Meldrum Parish Church And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkhill; Old Meldrum
Canmore ID 112857
Site Number NJ82NW 60
NGR NJ 81308 27283
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112857
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Meldrum
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Parish Church, 1684, enlarged 1767. Steep, tree-lined brae leads to this plain T-plan kirk, harled with old surface-granite dressings at jambs and dark granite voussoirs above. Three pointed windows on north side. Partial reconstruction, 1861, William Smith; alterations, 1886, Matthews & Mackenzie; organ installed, 1897, William Kelly; interior recast, 1954, George Bennet Mitchell & Son; some good stained glass.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ82NW 60 81308 27283
For (predecessor) Oldkirk, Bethelnie Old Parish Church (NJ 7864 3126), see NJ73SE 6.
Meldrum Parish Church (C of S) [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1971.
Ecclesiastical building in regular use as such. T-plan parish church, early Gothic in present form. Harled with old surface granite dressings at jambs; voussoirs above dark granite, dressings of quarried granite. Three N windows, wood tracery and asymmentrical bellcote.
Built 1684, enlarged 1767, reconstructed 1861 and 1954. Architects: William Smith 1861, Mathews and Mackenzie 1886; G B Mitchell and Son 1954.
[Newspaper reference cited].
NMRS, MS/712/80.