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Liff, Old Parish Church
Church (19th Century) (1839)
Site Name Liff, Old Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century) (1839)
Alternative Name(s) Liff And Benvie Parish Church
Canmore ID 31999
Site Number NO33SW 10
NGR NO 33313 32818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31999
- Council Angus
- Parish Liff And Benvie (Angus)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO33SW 10 3327 3283.
(NO 3332 3282) Church (NAT)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire, 2nd ed., (1926)
Liff Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built in 1839, replacing the edifice which was built in 1774 close to the foundations of the former church (OSA 1794).
These foundations can still be traced NW of the present church, and a massive monument erected to Dr Addison is said to mark the spot where the pulpit stood. The old building measured 65' x 27'; it had an aisle on the N, and the entrance was in the E gable.
The church was given to Scone Abbey by Alexander I (1106-24).
The cross within the churchyard was erected to commemorate the consecration of the new burying ground on 11 June 1933. It is built of 3 stones excavated from Hurly Hawkin (NO33SW 7).
OSA 1794; A J Warden 1880-5; A B Dalgetty 1940.
NO 3327 3283. The outline of the old church of Liff can just be traced NW of the present church. The foundations are covered by turf, and are 0.1m high and 0.7m broad. The overall dimensions are 20.0m x 8.0m, the N aisle being 7.0m x 6.0m. The whole area of the church is covered with grave-stones dating from c. 1850 onwards.
Visited by OS (J L D) 18 April 1958.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Dundee, Liff and Benvie Parish Church.
Architect: William Mackenzie of Perth. 1837.
William Burn dated 1837 (plans rejected as too costly).
NO33SW 10.00 33313 32818 Liff Parish Church
NO33SW 10.01 33333 32833 Watt/Webster Memorial
NO33SW 10.02 33314 32888 War Memorail
NO33SW 10.03 33313 32888 Hearse House
NO33SW 10.04 33309 32840 Chuchyard
NO33SW 10.05 33339 32841 Boundary wall and gatepiers
