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Cluny Parish Church
Church (18th Century) (1789), Churchyard (Post Medieval), Hall (20th Century)
Site Name Cluny Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century) (1789), Churchyard (Post Medieval), Hall (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cluny Church; North Church, Sauchen
Canmore ID 68531
Site Number NJ61SE 9
NGR NJ 68496 12441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68531
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cluny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Parish Church (North Church, Sauchen), 1789. On knoll opposite old kirkyard, an Improvement-period rectangle ('a plain old building') built to accommodate growth of local population. Four round-headed windows; east wall grey ashlar with cherry-cocking, rest granite rubble. Plain bellcote with Mowat bell. Neatly extended, 1983, with hall.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ61SE 9 68496 12441
For old parish church of St Machar (NJ 6847 1255), see NJ61SE 5.02. For Cluny Parish Manse (NJ 6833 1261), see NJ61SE 19. For adjacent burial-ground (with Fraser Mausoleum) and present cemetery, see NJ61SE 5.00 and NJ61SE 28 respectively.
Erected 1789; interior recast, Mowat bell.
G Hay 1957.
Parish Church (North Church, Sauchen). This building is of Improvement-period rectangular form and was built in 1789 to accommodate the growth of the local population. The four round-headed windows are original and the E wall was built in grey ashlar with cherry-cocking, the remainder of the building being in granite rubble. The plain bellcote has a Mowat bell and the building was neatly extended in 1983 with the addition of a hall.
I Shepherd 1994.
