King Edward Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Church. 1 related planning application.

King Edward Parish Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 November 1972
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

A & W Reid, Elgin, 1848. Rectangular harled church with gothic detailing, tooled ashlar dressings and margins. Building orientated E/W: W entrance gable with centre, slightly recessed pointed-headed door within shallow advanced saw-tooth gabled doorpiece. Flanking narrow pointed-headed and hoodmoulded lancets. Substantial, square tooled ashlar belfry corbelled out from front gable and with panelled base, each face pierced by paired hoodmoulded louvred vents; simple pyramidal stone roof with small lucarne in each face and apex finial.

4-bay long N and S elevation lit by hoodmoulded plate Y-traceried, windows with vesicas. Rear vestry projecting from N gable. Lattice-pane leaded glazing; angle buttresses; slate roof.

INTERIOR: plain interior with 3 sided gallery supported by slender painted cast-iron columns. Gallery front embellished by moulded beading with fleu-de-lis detailing. Raised pulpit with panelled back-board approached by steps. 1914 Communion Table.

ENCLOSING WALLS AND WAR MEMORIAL: church enclosed by low coped rubble wall; SW angle occupied by low curved and stepped mural granite war (style of Dr William Kelly) memorial inscribed with names of fallen.

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