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Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016460
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016460
This red sandstone medieval kirk rests on a quiet shelf above the Bervie Water. The oldest part is the chancel, which was dedicated by David de Bernham on 3 August 1242. The Lady Chapel, now the Arbuthnott Aisle, projects southwards from the chancel; this and the bell'tower at the west end of the nave were built by Sir Robert Arbuthnott of that ilk in 1500. They are excellent examples of late medieval Scottish church architecture, with strong, tall buttresses and well-cut ashlar walls. Above the Lady Chapel is the Priest's Room, remarkably unspoiled, with stone window seats and a squint to the chapel.
The church was restored in 1896 by A Marshall Mackenzie, when the stained glass windows by Daniel Cottier were fitted into the chancel lancets. These, representing Faith, Hope and Charity, are the 'three bit creatures of queans' mocked by the locals in Sunset Song, whose author, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, now lies in a corner of the kirkyard.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Aberdeen and North-East Scotland’, (1996).
