Watch House, Knockando Parish Church, Upper Knockando

The church at Upper Knockando, in the Knockando parish, was originally built in 1757 on the site of an earlier church, and was repaired in 1832. Further additions and remodelling occurred between 1904 and 1906, designed by John Robertson of Inverness, following earlier work by William Robertson of Elgin. The exterior is predominantly harled, with tooled ashlar margins and dressings.

The original structure was a simple rectangular building with long north and south elevations. A four-bay aisle was added to the south side between 1904 and 1906. A pointed-headed entrance is situated at the southwest in a gabled bay. A two-stage drum tower is positioned in the re-entrant angle, featuring a belfry with louvred openings in the upper stage, all under a conical slate roof. The south elevation has three cusped two-light windows in the centre, as well as a larger traceried window breaking the wallhead in the gabled end bay. A similar two-light fenestration is found along the four-bay north elevation. An apse is located at the east gable, with a pointed-headed entrance in the east return gable of the south aisle. A small, single-story, bowed vestry projects to the west. The building is topped with apex crosses, and has slate roofs.

The interior was remodelled with Gothic detailing. The east apse houses the organ, alongside a richly carved communion table and pulpit, incorporating bas-relief panels. A cluster pedestal supports the pulpit, with Gothic detailing to the handrail. The south aisle accommodates a wide gallery, and a further gallery at the west, both featuring cusped panelled fronts, and pine pews. A braced rafter roof completes the interior. A single stained glass window, designed by Douglas Strachan and dating from circa 1917, is situated in a north wall bay.

A small, early 19th-century rectangular watch house is constructed of harl and pointed rubble, with a doorway in the gable and a single window. It has a local slate roof.

The church is set within a large, irregular, rubble-walled burial ground. The rubble walls have a tooled cope, dating from 1822. There is a pair of carriage entrances at the east, each with bullfaced rubble gatepiers and cast-iron spearhead gates. The burial ground contains mainly 19th and 20th-century tombstones. Symbol stones set against the east wall of the burial ground are designated as Scheduled Monuments.

The church was enlarged between 1904 and 1905 at a cost of approximately £1,000, with a donation of £500 from Lord Mount Stephen and Strathcona (formerly Donald A Smith of Dufftown), whose parents lived in Archiestown between 1841 and circa 1860. The Douglas Strachan window commemorates Lieut L R Cumming, killed in action in 1914 and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (No. 1225).