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Kirkton Of Glenbuchat, Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Kirkton Of Glenbuchat, Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glenbuchat, Old Parish Church
Canmore ID 16757
Site Number NJ31NE 3
NGR NJ 37565 15132
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16757
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenbuchat
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Parish Kirk, 17th century. Reposing in its own kirkton, this harled rectangle has an urn-crowned bellcote on the east gable and a panel inscribed M.A.K. [Minister Andrew Kerr] 1629 high on the west gable. Simple square-headed windows with clear lights suggest another plain Scots kirk, but the orthodox interior (pulpit with sounding board on south wall, box pews) is enlivened by an eastern gallery with square marbled centre column and the arms of the Duff family.
Pleasing clutter of stones from 1686 in the kirkyard, adjacent to the solid manse of c.1785 and later.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ31NE 3.00 37565 15132
NJ31NE 3.01 37570 15118 Churchyard
For successor (present) parish church (NJ 3767 1629), see NJ31NE 5. For (adjacent) Kirkton of Glenbuchat, Old Parish Manse, see NJ31NE 7.
(NJ 3756 1513) Church (NAT)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
The parish church of Glenbuchat, date unknown, but probably built at the same time as the manse in 1775, is supposed to stand on the foundations of an older church. The dedication or date of the older structure is not known but a stone inscribed 1629 is built into the W gable of the present church.
Name Book 1868.
The first church in Glenbuchat was founded in 1473 and dedicated to St Peter. It was erected at Capeltone, almost certainly the present Kirkton. The present church, rebuilt in 1629 and again in the 18th century, probably stands on the site of the original church and may even incorporate parts of its fabric.
W D Simpson 1949.
The present 18th century church is harled and bears no trace of an earlier structure save for the date-stone built into the W gable.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 August 1968.
The parish church of Glenbuchat is situated on a moderate NE-facing slope at an altitude of 305m OD, and may occupy the site of the 15th century church of St Peter. The original church was founded 1473 at Capeltone, almost certainly the present Kirkton. The present church was rebuilt in 1629 and again in the 18th century, and may even incorporate parts of its fabric; it is dated 'M.A.K. (Minister Andrew Keir) 1629) at the apex of the W gable. Some of the stones within the rubble-walled enclosure date from 1686 but most are more recent; the church was in course of restoration by the county council in 1964.
NMRS, MS/712/43.
