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Keithhall And Kinkell Parish Church
Church (18th Century) (1772)
Site Name Keithhall And Kinkell Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century) (1772)
Alternative Name(s) Montkeggie
Canmore ID 112740
Site Number NJ82SW 50
NGR NJ 80208 20960
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112740
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Keithhall And Kinkell
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Parish Church, 1772 (on south-west skewput). Very plain: squared granite rectangle with simple bellcote; internally recast, c.1920.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ82SW 50.00 80208 20960
NJ82SW 50.01 8010 2100 burial-ground
For former parish churches of Kinkell (NJ 7859 1906) and Keithhall (NJ 7974 2128), see NJ71NE 18 and NJ72SE 42. For Keithhall Manse (NJ 8039 2110), see NJ82SW 51.
The parishes of Kinkell (formerly Monkeggie) and Keithhall were united on 20 February 1754.
H Scott 1915-61.
(Keithhall). 1772; repaired 1823 and 1875.
G Hay 1957.
Standing Building Recording (6 November 2023)
NJ 80212 20960 A level 1 standing building survey was carried out. Keithhall and Kinkell Parish Church is late 18th century in date and has a corbel inscribed 1772 on the SW corner of the exterior roof. The church was a plain rectangular form with vestry added to the centre of the north wall, possibly contemporary with the original building. The pulpit was in the centre of the N wall in the original form of the church with vestry adjacent with fireplace on the E wall. There were two sets of stairs on the E and W walls to access the gallery and there is a plan from 1876 showing this design; the stairs on the E wall were removed, presumably around 1920 to allow the pulpit to be moved to it's present location. Pews were aligned facing the pulpit. Around 1920 the interior was re-aligned and the pulpit moved to the centre of the E wall, vestry added in brick on the E wall with fireplace on the E wall. This was subdivided and there is a 1968 plan showing this division. There is an EH Lawton of Aberdeen organ dated 1907 but the organ pipes were removed to Great Ormond Street Hospital to create an art installation. Stained glass survives in several windows; a plaque and one stained glass window dedicated to the fallen in World War I were moved to Fintray church in 2019.
Information from A. Cameron - Cameron Archaeology.
OASIS ID: camerona1-522208
