Airlie Parish Church

Airlie Parish Church, dated 1781 and 1783, features mid-19th century stair additions and a north elevation addition from 1893, along with alterations to the interior. The church includes rare fabric and fixtures from the medieval period. It has a 5-bay nave and is rectangular in plan, situated within a churchyard in a rural setting. The exterior is rendered with painted margins and has a stone bellcote on the west gable. The nave has round-arched windows, with flat-arched windows in the outer bays, and round-arched windows in the north elevation addition. A notable window on the south elevation has stained glass dated 1787, with a keystone inscribed '17 MrIS Mnr 81', and there is evidence of an earlier entrance beneath this window. A figurative sculpture of St John the Baptist holding a lamb is set into the west gable to the left of the stair addition.

The church features predominantly multi-paned timber framed windows, with diamond-paned, leaded windows in the north elevation addition. The roof is grey-slated and pitched, with piended roofs on the additions.

The interior, seen in 2013, is mainly characterized by late 19th-century timber fixtures and fittings, including a pulpit, pews, and dado rail boarding. There is a raked gallery on the west wall supported by a pair of square timber columns with a dentiled cornice and a panelled balustrade. The east wall gallery was infilled with a panelled balustrade and timber columns set into the wall around 2001. A commemorative marble panel is located on the south wall of the church. The interior features simple cornicing, and a medieval carved aumbry is set in the wall beneath the east staircase. The aumbry carvings include a cross with a crown of thorns and a heart with hands and feet, representing the five wounds of the passion, flanking the apex of the ogee-headed opening, all supported by engaged columnettes. The rear of the aumbry bears the initials W.F. and the arms of the Fentons of Baikie, both upside down.