Macduff Parish Church, Church Street, Macduff

1805, Remodelled by James Matthews, Aberdeen 1865.

Rectangular church with tower abutting centre of long N

elevation and with gabled (1865) porches at E and W gables.

Harled with extensive use of ashlar in margins and in

dressings, particularly in pointed keystoned lintels above

round-headed windows.

Gabled entrance porches abut E and W gables, the principal

and larger porch at E with side doorways and front gable lit

by 3 narrow round-headed windows, similar gallery

fenestration in E and W gables. 3 long round-headed windows

light S elevation and similar paired windows flank projecting

square tower at N. All windows with shaped and keystoned

lintel detailing and with horizontal glazing (2 with stained

glass), the larger with additional geometric glazing pattern

at head of window.

3-stage domed tower at N, the lower 2 stages probably of 1805

date corniced 1st stage with wide angle pilasters surmounted

by 1865 square belfry with paired round-headed louvred

windows in each face and surmounted by domed leaded roof with

cupola and with clock faces (1963) at E and N on bracketted

wallhead.

Decorative cast-iron apex finials; slate roofs.

INTERIOR: lofty galleried interior; most fittings date from

1865 except late 19th century pulpit. 5-sided gallery with

panelled front; late 19th century organ fronted by square

pulpit approached by flight of stairs with decorative

cast-iron balustrade. 2 stained glass windows in N wall of

20th century design by The Abbey Studios.

CHURCH COTTAGE (BEADLE'S RESIDENCE): sited close to church

within burial ground. Mid 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay

cottage. Harled, contrasting painted margins. Centre door

masked by projecting modern gabled porch; 3-pane glazing

(2-pane upper sashes). End stacks; slate roof.

BURIAL GROUND: burial ground enclosed by high rubble wall;

main entrance at E flanked by tooled granite gatepiers and

closed by cast-iron carriage gates; pedestrian entrance

flanked by similar piers at N 19th and 20th century

tombstones.