Botriphnie Parish Church, Drummuir is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Church.
Botriphnie Parish Church, Drummuir
- WRENN ID
- dusted-ledge-thyme
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Botriphnie Parish Church in Drummuir was built in 1820, with alterations and additions made by R B Pratt of Elgin in 1901. The church is a rectangular structure made of harl pointed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The long south-facing elevation features a pair of large round-headed windows, with entrances in the outer bays, each having a round-headed fanlight and double-leaf plank doors. There is a square-headed gallery window in each gable, situated under a relieving arch. At the west gable apex, there is a ball-finialled bellcote that was re-used from an old church in Keith, which houses a bell that was re-hung in 1753. The east apex also has a ball finial.
In 1901, a minister's room was added to the east gable, which is a single-storey structure with two bays, featuring a round-headed door and window. The church has 1901 glazing throughout and slate roofs. An extension was added to the rear of the minister's room in 1986.
Inside, the church retains its original galleried layout, with a five-sided gallery supported by cast-iron columns. The gallery has an original field-panel front with Gordon-Duff armorials inset at the center. There are also 19th-century mural monuments present.
The burial ground in front of the church is semi-circular and walled with rubble, containing some remains of a church from 1617, which has been re-used as a burial enclosure. This burial ground features various exceptional mural monuments dated 1667, 1727, and 1758, along with 17th-century and later tombstones. The entrance to the burial ground is simple and is closed by a pair of cast-iron spearhead carriage gates.
Notable mural monuments in the old church include a 1667 monument commemorating Ann Gordon and Katherine Leslie, located on the east wall, which features a Corinthianesque aedicule with fine 17th-century lettering and an enriched frieze. The 1727 monument commemorating Reverend George Chalmers is on the west wall, designed in a Roman Doric style with a pulvinated frieze, a broken segmental armorial pediment, and a finely carved nimbus flanking a bible that contains a white marble tablet in a black frame. The 1758 monument commemorating Helen Chalmers is on the south wall, designed with Ionic pilasters and a pediment. Additionally, there is an undated 18th-century panel commemorating John Stewart on the exterior of the south wall.
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