Airlie Parish Church

Dated 1781 and 1783; stair additions mid-19th century; 1893 addition to north elevation and interior altered; includes rare medieval period fabric and fixtures. 5-bay nave, rectangular-plan church set within churchyard in rural location. Rendered with painted margins. Stone bellcote to west gable. Round arched windows with flat-arched windows to flanking(outer) bays of nave. Round-arched windows to north elevation addition. Window at centre of south elevation with stained glass dated 1787, keystone and cell inscribed '17 MrIS Mnr 81'. Evidence of earlier entrance opening beneath window. Figurative sculpture of St John the Baptist holding a lamb set into west gable to left of stair addition.

Predominantly multi-paned timber framed windows. Diamond-paned, leaded windows to north elevation addition. Grey-slated, pitched roof. Piended roof to additions.

The interior was seen in 2013. The interior is characterised predominantly by late 19th-century timber fixtures and fittings, including pulpit, pews and boarding to dado rail. Raked gallery to west wall supported on a pair of square timber columns with dentiled cornice and panelled balustrade. The gallery to the east wall was infilled with panelled balustrade and timber columns set into wall, circa 2001. Commemorative marble panel to south wall of church. Simple cornicing to church. Medieval carved aumbry set in wall beneath east staircase. Aumbry carvings include a cross with 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, and all flanked by engaged columnettes. The rear of the aumbry has the initials W.F. and the arms of the Fentons of Baikie, all upside down.