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Aberlour, St Margaret's Episcopal Church And Burial Ground
Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1875)-(1879), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Aberlour, St Margaret's Episcopal Church And Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1875)-(1879), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Margaret's Church; War Memorial
Canmore ID 181189
Site Number NJ24SE 48
NGR NJ 27188 43137
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/181189
- Council Moray
- Parish Aberlour
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Alexander Ross (I.C. March 18, 1875) Church only built with octagonal spire.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (2007)
The Threatened Building Survey was carried out because of proposed alterations, and/or possible closure of this fine nineteenth century church. The survey consists of a detailed photographic survey.
Alexander Ross of Inverness designed the church, and the foundation stone was laid on 29 September 1875. The principal benefactors were Miss Macpherson Grant of Aberlour and William Grant of Elchies. The building was completed by 23 November 1879. The church consists of a nave with passage aisles and a raised chancel with transepts, serving as a vestry, and the organ chamber. The church is entered through a large porch; a large tower was originally intended, but this was replaced by a more diminutive one, due to cost constraints. It is lavishly furnished and designed for High Church Episcopal worship. The style was described in the Elgin Courant as ‘Early Decorated Gothic, severely treated’.
Dawson, Strachan and Young of Glasgow carved the capitals on the pillars of Peterhead Granite. Minton of Stoke-on-Trent supplied the decorative floor tiles with the most elaborate tiles being in the sanctuary. The organ was built by Harrison and Harrison of Durham. Baguley of Newcastle filled the aisle windows with stained glass between 1887 and 1907. The Caen stone font with marble enrichments was added in 1900 and the cover came from Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London, and was presented by the Findlay family in 1978. The pulpit was added in 1936 and was carved by Davidson and Sons of Inverness.
Charles Jupp, the first rector, founded the Aberlour Orphanage to the south-west of the church. The original buildings have gone, but the orphanage is now called ‘Aberlour Child Care Trust’.
Information from ‘Commissioners’ Field Meeting 2007'.
