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Kinnettles, Parish Church, Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Kinnettles, Parish Church, Old Parish Church And Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kinnettles Parish Kirk And Kirkyard Walls
Canmore ID 33600
Site Number NO44NW 4
NGR NO 42154 46643
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33600
- Council Angus
- Parish Kinnettles
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO44NW 4 42154 46643
See also NO44NW 6.
(NO 4216 4663) The old church and tower of Kinnettles, which stood in the churchyard, were taken down in 1812. The present church was erected close to the former site in that year.
The old church bore evidence of having been built in the 12th century. The churchyard contains some early tombstones, two of which bear the dates 1626 and 1630
(See NO44NW 6).
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
No further information. There are a number of old tombstones ranged along the E wall of the churchyard but no dates were deciphered owing to weathering.
Visited by OS (W D J) 5 September 1967.
Kinnettles Parish Church was recorded by the threatened buildings survey on 26 September 2002 prior to its proposed sale by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland. Samuel Bell designed this simple rectangular church in 1812. It survives largely unaltered within the earlier walled graveyard. The interior retains many of its original fittings including the five- sided gallery supported on timber columns and a fine triple-decker pulpit. The two large windows flanking the pulpit contain war memorial stained glass including name plaques. A set of late 19th century oil lamps also survive on their original brackets attached to the gallery columns. In the late 19th century a vestry was added. The church is to be closed due to a dwindling congregation and the opportunity was taken to record the building prior to the dispersal of the fixtures and fittings. The adjacent row of charming tudor-gothic paired cottages linked by battlemented screens was also recorded. They are dated 1813 and are possibly also by Samuel Bell and form an important and unusual group with the church.
RCAHMS STG 2002
NMRS NOTES;
Architect: Samuel Bell 1812 (attributed)
Note (1984)
Kinnettles, Parish Church and Burial-ground NO 421 466 NO44NW 4
The 'old church and tower' of Kinnettles stood in the burial-ground, but were taken down in 1812 when the present church was built. They 'exhibited strong presumptive evidence of their having been erected in the twelfth century'.
RCAHMS 1984.
(NSA, xi, Forfar, 214, 216; Jervise 1861, 429-31; Hay 1957, 246; Cowan 1967, 115).
