Tynet, St Ninian's Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Tynet, St Ninian's Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tynet Chapel; St Ninian's Burial-ground, Dawson Memorial
Canmore ID 84461
Site Number NJ36SE 24
NGR NJ 37886 61252
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84461
- Council Moray
- Parish Bellie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ36SE 24.00 37886 61252
NJ36SE 24.01 37869 61262
See also NJ46SW 32.
This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken for a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Built (in 1755) just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholicsa were regarded with suspicion if not direct hostility, this low building in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the W gable was added in 1779 by priest George Matheson, who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing.
I Shepherd 1986.
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W Schomberg Scott Photograph Collection Acc no 1997/39
I exterior and 2 interior views
Publication Account (1986)
This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken tor a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Built just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholics were regarded with suspicion ifnot direct hostility, this low building, in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the west gable was added in 1779 by the priest George Matheson,who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Grampian’, (1986).
Publication Account (1996)
This unassuming white-harled rural building, which may be mistaken for a line of cottages, is the oldest building erected after the Reformation for Roman Catholic worship in Scotland. Bui lt just nine years after Culloden, at a time when Catholics were regarded with suspicion if not direct hostility, this low building, in the Gordon lands of Enzie, was originally even more inconspicuous, having a thatched roof and no glazed windows. The ball finial on the west gable was added in 1779 by the priest George Matheson, who also glazed the windows and slated the roof. The interior is simple but pleasing, having been restored by Ian G Lindsay in 1951.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Aberdeen and North-East Scotland’, (1996).
