Trinity Gask, United Presbyterian Church
Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (18th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Trinity Gask, United Presbyterian Church
Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Church (18th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Trinity-gask Parish Church; Kinkell Church; Kirkhouse
Canmore ID 89121
Site Number NN91NW 112
NGR NN 93785 16114
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89121
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Trinity Gask
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91NW 112 93785 16114
For old church of St Bean (NN 9380 1621), see NN91NW 8. For (adjacent) manse (Kirkhouse) at NN 9375 1622, see NN91NW 113. For Trinity Gask parish church (NN 9626 1830), see NN91NE 40.
(Trinity-Gask and Kinkell). These parishes were united about the middle of the 17th century. The church of Kinkell was dedicated to St Bean and also belonged to the Abbey of Inchaffrey. Kinkell was a prebend of Dunblane. (The union of the parishes is also said to have taken place in 1639).
H Scott 1915-61.
Trinity-Gask. 1770, small additions, interior recast.
G Hay 1957.
The former church 100m SSE of Kirkhouse (NN91NW 113) has been converted for residential use. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire, sheet cviii 1866) notes it as a United Presbyterian church, and the 2nd edition map (Perthshire, sheet cviii.SW, 1901 as United Free.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF, JRS), October 1995.
