Forest Of Birse Church is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2000. Church.

Forest Of Birse Church

WRENN ID: stranded-bronze-elm
Grade: C
Local Planning Authority: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 30 March 2000
Type: Church
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan plain gothic church. Aberdeen bond coursed granite rubble with tooled dressings. Pointed-arched openings.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled porch advanced to bay to right, 2-leaf boarded timber door with decorative hinges reached by 3 stone steps, iron finial to apex; window to centre bay and bay to left.

NE ELEVATION: gabled; tall central window flanked by 2 slightly smaller windows; finial to apex.

NW ELEVATION: blank.

SW ELEVATION: simple rose window to centre.

Predominantly rectangular-pane leaded and stained glass windows. Grey slate roof with tiled ridge. Stone skews with blocked skewputts. Coped gablehead stack with octagonal can to SW gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: small porch leading to rectangular-plan nave; boarded timber below dado; boarded timber roof, timber trusses with moulded timber drip stones; boarded timber pews with decorative ends.

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