Hill Church Of Rosehearty

A.Marshall Mackenzie, 1890 incorporating Forbes loft of 1634

(from old church). Tall cruciform Gothic church with shallow

canted apse at E gable. Pale squared granite with dark

pinnings (Aberdeen bonding), tooled granite dressings.

Gable entrance porch projects at SW with double-leaf door and

ornate cast-iron hinges. Intersecting Y-traceried windows

light 3-bay nave, N and S aisle windows with simple Y-tracery

in gables; cusped lancets in apse; tall, paired 2-light

windows in W gable. Bellcote at W gable apex capped by

slender miniature spire with clasping slender pinnacles and

cast-iron decorative weathervane; re-hung 1798 bell.

Lattice-pane glazing. Steeply pitched slate roofs.

INTERIOR: simple lofty interior with barrel vaulted timber

roof. S aisle houses profusely carved and dated 1634 Forbes

loft; richly carved front under equally richly carved and

crested canopy with carved cartouche and spiked ball finials

supported by slender Ionic columns; with panelled interior

and cusped and pendant details. Richly carved doorpiece with

flanking screen. S aisle panelled ceiling incorporates

re-used pendants and other carved fragments and panels; raked

seating.

PULPIT: simple 1890 wooden pulpit on a pedestal approached by

staircase with turned balusters; facets of pulpit incorporate

re-used 17th century carved wooden panels, one dated 1634,

another initialled MT.

WAR MEMORIAL: carved and inscribed wooden panel in style of

A.Marshall Mackenzie. Cornice supports kneeling angels with

inscribed scroll stretched between them.