Fern, Parish Church And Churchyard
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (19th Century) (1883), Church(S) (Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Fern, Parish Church And Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (19th Century) (1883), Church(S) (Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fern Old Parish Kirk And Churchyard And War Memorial Plaque
Canmore ID 33905
Site Number NO46SE 6
NGR NO 48438 61645
NGR Description NO c. 48438 61645
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33905
- Council Angus
- Parish Fern
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Fern Parish Church was recorded as part of the Threatened Buildings Survey on 3rd August 2023. The survey was prompted by the proposed closure and sale of the church as part of the re-organisation of the Church of Scotland’s estate. The church was built in 1883 by Carver and Symon of Forfar on the site of an 1806 church. The site of the medieval church is believed to be in the graveyard. A Gothic box with a northeast vestry and a south entrance saddle-roofed tower. The interior gas a collar-braced roof. The interior fittings including the pews, font and pulpit appear to be original. The stained glass includes the West window by C E Kempe & Co of 1933, a war memorial window of c.1920 on the south wall and windows by A Ballentine of 1909 above and to the south of the pulpit on the East wall.
Note (1984)
Fern, Parish Church and Burial-ground NO 484 616 NO46SE 6
There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church of Fern. The present church was built in 1806 and its predecessor 'stood more in the middle of the graveyard'.
RCAHMS 1984.
(Jervise 1882, 220-6; Warden 1880-85, iii, 265-6; Jervise 1875-9, i, 268-9, 354-6; Cowan 1967, 65).
