Fortingall, Parish Church. General view.

Description Fortingall, Parish Church. General view.

Date 26/9/1884

Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Catalogue Number PT 1662

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 747849

Scope and Content Fortingall Parish Church, Perth & Kinross (now demolished and present church built on site) Fortingall Parish Church, a 19th-century parish church which occupies the site and incorporates some of the remains of its mainly pre-Reformation predecessor, stands in pretty countryside at the head of Glen Lyon. This photograph was taken by Erskine Beveridge c.1886 before the church was demolished c.1900, and a modern church built on the site. This modest little church was built in the style of a typical 'Highland' church. It was harled and whitewashed, with a steeply pitched slated roof, and had windows with leaded lights. A small low vestry adjoined the end gable wall. The gabled dormer window, with its projecting slated roof, suggests a mid- to late 19th-century design. The bellcote, dating from the late 18th century, came from the earlier church on the site, and contained a bell made in 1765 by Johannes Specht of Rotterdam. The arrangement of the interior was probably typical of that of Highland churches of the mid-19th century, with the pulpit set against the middle of a side wall, and galleries at each end. The galleries were lit by four dormer windows, two on each side of the church. The vestry, which had a fireplace in its gable wall, was used for keeping the official robes of the minister, and probably also served as a meeting room for the elders. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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