Remains of Old Parish Church, Aberlour is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 November 1987. Burial ground.

Remains of Old Parish Church, Aberlour

WRENN ID
noble-cinder-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 November 1987
Type
Burial ground
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The remains of the Old Parish Church in Aberlour consist of a large, irregularly shaped walled burial ground with rubble walls. Inside, there are 17th and 18th century mural monuments, while the later walls to the east, west, and south mainly date from 1869, designed by A and W Reid of Elgin.

The entrance from the lane by Lour Burn is flanked by square, tooled ashlar piers topped with shallow pyramidal caps, and features a pair of spearhead cast-iron gates. A flight of steps, also flanked by similar piers, leads from the main road and includes cast-iron spearhead gates and matching railings.

Within the burial ground, the ivy-clad ruin of the south transept of a former medieval church can be found.

Additionally, the Macpherson Grant Mausoleum, built around 1877 in the style of Alexander Ross or A and W Reid, is a Gothic structure. It features a tall, tooled and polished ashlar buttressed rectangular design with a pointed-headed entrance in the center of the south gable. The mausoleum includes nookshafts, a hoodmould with carved stops, and double leaf plank doors with decorative cast-iron hinges. Above the coat of arms is a cusped niche, and the structure is topped with apex crosses, saw-toothed skews, and a steeply pitched slate roof.

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