Kirkton Of Durris, St Comgall's Church
Parish Church (19th Century) (1822), Parish Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Kirkton Of Durris, St Comgall's Church
Classification Parish Church (19th Century) (1822), Parish Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Durris Parish Kirk; Parish Church Of Durris
Canmore ID 36634
Site Number NO79NE 2
NGR NO 77224 96515
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36634
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Durris
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO79NE 2.00 77224 96515
NMRS REFERENCE:
Durris Parish Church.
Architect: J. Russell MacKenzie (?).
Plans:
F.A.M. MacDonald Collection 1877 - 2 sheets plans and elevations
- 1 sheet detail over porch, plans of additions of belfry and porch.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office.
Building of the Church of Durris.
Memorandum of estimates.
In a letter, which accompanies the memorandum, Henry Lumsden writes that he has contracted for the work and accepted the estimate of #423.
1822 GD 44/Sec 37/Bundle 33.
Field Visit (October 1983)
NO79NE 2.00 77224 96515
NO79NE 2.01 77234 96517 Churchyard with Fraser Burial Aisle
The parish church of Durris stands within a walled burial-ground on the S bank of the River Dee. The present building was erected in 1822 and all that remains of the earlier church is the Fraser Aisle which stands immediately to the E. The aisle, which bears the date 1869, incorporates an arched tomb recess, dated 1595, surmounted by the Fraser arms, with the initials T.F. (Thomas Fraser); and two cavetto-moulded skewputs, bearing respectively the date 15[3] 7 and the initials ASF, together with a stone inscribed 1681. As early 19th century mortsafe has been deposited within the aisle. The church, dedicated to St Comgall, first comes on record in 1249.
RCAHMS 1984, visited October 1983.
A Jervise 1861; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; J B Paul 1904-14; W D Simpson 1935; J Cruikshank 1941; Name Book 1864.
