Aberlour Parish Church

Aberlour Parish Church is a Neo-Norman rectangular church built between 1838 and 1840, incorporating fragments of an earlier nave from 1812 that was destroyed by fire in 1861. The church features a five-bay design with a tower at the west end, which includes an entrance porch and an apse at the east. The structure is made of mixed pinned granite with extensive contrasting tooled sandstone dressings.

The tower, designed by William Robertson of Elgin, dates to 1840 and has a later upper crenellated clock stage. It features a round-headed entrance in the center and similarly detailed round-headed upper windows. The tower also has a raised addition with dummy angle bartizans, paired round-headed louvred vents, and a clock face on each elevation.

The nave, completed by George Petrie in 1861, has five bays on the north and south elevations. Bays one, three, and five are shallow recesses, marked by long-short dressed pilasters and decorative corbelling. Round-headed windows adorn the nave, with nook shafts, chevron mouldings, and hoodmoulds decorating the fenestration in bays two and four.

The apse and vestry were added between 1833 and 1835 by J and W Wittet in consultation with Sir David Y Cameron, RA. The apse features three round-headed windows at the east gable, while the vestry projects at the northeast, both additions in the neo-Norman style. The east end has a stack, and the roof is slate.

The interior was remodeled between 1933 and 1935 by J and W Wittet with Sir David Y Cameron. It includes a round-headed arch to the apse flanked by similar arches, with one being blind and housing the organ loft. Attenuated nook shafts with cushion capitals lead to the chancel. The west gallery front features similar blind arcading detailing, re-used from the 1861 gallery, along with a facetted pulpit and communion table, both from 1933. The 1933 pews flank the center aisle. The apse windows contain stained glass (the center window by Gordon Webster), while the nave features lattice-pane glazing and the tower has multi-pane glazing.