Publication Account
Date 2004
Event ID 1019652
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019652
Sir Alexander Menzies rebuilt the pre-reformation rectangular church in 1609, adding a burial aisle to the north to create the existing T-plan church. Although there are rectangular openings on the south front, the gables have arched windows. Deborah Howard recognised these as the only pointed arch openings in a surviving Scottish Church built between 1560 and 1620. Inside is the magnificent Menzies tomb of 1616 proudly boasting the patron's ancestry from Huntly, Edzell and Lawers. Further alterations and repairs took place in 1753. The church moved into the New Kirk in 1870 and the Menzies Mausoleum was formed with its rubble interior and painted hatchments. Two cross-shaped stones at the church were moved here from the village of Dull.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide 2004: Commissioners' Field Excursion, Perth and Angus, 31 August – 2 September 2004’.
