Kinloss Parish Church, Kinloss

Kinloss Parish Church is a complex building originating in 1765, with significant alterations throughout the 19th century. William Robertson made repairs and re-fenestrated the south elevation in 1830. A T-plan wing was added to the centre rear in 1834 by Alexander Urquhart of Forres. Further gabled wings extend to the northwest and southwest, and a tower with a re-modelled interior was added in 1863 by A and W Reid of Elgin.

The church is of irregular plan, constructed with harled walls and a tower of tooled rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. A hoodmoulded entrance is situated at the base of the tower, alongside a square porch in the southwest re-entrant angle. The south elevation features four substantial, square-headed, hoodmoulded windows with mullion and transom glazing. Some of these were re-set into the southwest gable during the 1863 alterations. The west gable incorporates two pointed-headed, hoodmoulded windows, also dating to 1863. The three-stage tower at the east end has pointed-headed, louvred Gothic openings on each face of the upper stage, and a corbelled and crenellated wallhead. The windows are fitted with lattice-pane glazing, and the roof is slate-covered, with an apex cross at the west.

The interior was re-cast in 1863 and is generally plain, with a gallery at the east end. It includes a pine dado and pine pews. An 18th-century panelled pulpit has been re-located; it stands on a reduced base without a tester, to the side of the chancel area. A Gothic backboard, added in 1863, is positioned in the centre of the west wall where the original pulpit stood. A mort bell, dated 1688 and made by John Cowie of Elgin, is also present. A low, coped rubble wall, built in 1830, encloses the church.

The building remains in ecclesiastical use as a Church of Scotland place of worship.