Glen Rinnes Church Of Scotland
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Glen Rinnes Church Of Scotland
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glenrinnes Church Of Scotland; Glen Kirk
Canmore ID 170916
Site Number NJ23SE 40
NGR NJ 27818 33665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/170916
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Dating from 1883, this church replaced an earlier church on this site which was built in 1813. Mackenzie and Matthews, an Aberdeen firm of architects, designed the new church in Gothic style and in rough-faced pink granite. A bellcote, spire and wrought-iron weather vane crowns the western end of the church.
Most of the internal fittings have been removed as the building is virtually disused but a wooden pulpit, decoratively carved, still stands beneath the circular window at the eastern end. At the western end there is a first-floor gallery.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ23SE 40 27818 33665
Church [NAT]
(Undated) OS 1:10,000 map.
Glen Kirk [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
For adjacent (to N) war memorial, see NJ23SE 41.
For Glenrinnes Cemetery (to SW, at NJ 27780 33269), see NJ23SE 43.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Description of additional ground feued for site of the new church.
1883 GD44/Sec/Bundle 44
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Matthews and Mackenzie - 1884
(Undated) information in NMRS.
