St Mary's Church, High Street, Banff

St Mary's Church, located on High Street in Banff, was designed by architect and builder Andrew Wilson in 1790. The tower and spire were added by William Robertson from Elgin between 1828 and 1829, with further completion by Thomas Mackenzie from Elgin in 1849. The apse and interior were recast and refurbished by Jeffrey Waddell and Young from Glasgow in 1927.

The church has a rectangular shape, finished with harled walls and ashlar margins and dressings. The south elevation features five bays with regular fenestration, although much of it was remodeled in 1927. The windows are round-arched with keystones and blocked imposts. At the ground floor, there are paired small lights, while the first floor has three large mullioned and transomed windows in the center. The east gable is highlighted by a bowed ashlar apse, which is fronted by a single-pitch entrance porch at the southeast re-entrant angle. The building is topped with slate roofs and has a deep moulded wallhead cornice.

The spire is made of tooled and polished ashlar and features a tall Gibbsian design that rises above a two-stage Roman Doric pilastered tower. The base of the tower serves as a porch with round-arched entrances on the north and south sides. Each face of the tower has clock faces below a three-stage octagonal spire, which includes louvred oval openings and culminates in a tapering, facetted steeple adorned with blind oculi lucarnes.

Inside, the church was recast and refurbished in 1927. It features a gallery at the west, a chancel, and a semi-circular apse. The communion table, pulpit, and font were also added in 1927. The chancel and apse are paved with marble and illuminated by three stained glass windows created around 1927 by Stephen Adam Studios. The interior includes a coombed ceiling and a segmental barrel-vault over the chancel, along with various mural memorial plaques from the 19th and early 20th centuries.