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St Quivox, St Quivox Parish Church
Church (Medieval)
Site Name St Quivox, St Quivox Parish Church
Classification Church (Medieval)
Canmore ID 41725
Site Number NS32SE 5
NGR NS 37513 24064
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41725
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32SE 5.00 37513 24064
NS32SE 5.01 37539 24063 Churchyard
(NS 3751 2406) Parish church of St. Quivox: repaired in 1767 when a new aisle was added; 17th century bellcote. The core of the building is said to be medieval.
SDD List 1963
St Quivox is "parochia St Kevoce" in 1547 "...St Kevokis" in 1591. The saint commemorated is Mo Choemoc of Liath Mor in Tipperary, who died in 636.
W J Watson 1926
As described; Church of Scotland, in current use. There is no medieval work visible.
Visited by OS (JRL) 4 November 1980
NS32SE 5.00 37513 24064
NS32SE 5.01 37539 24063 Churchyard
NS32SE 48 37532 24051 James Campbell Mausoleum (Oswald Mausoleum)
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office.
Alterations and repairs to the Church 1823-1824.
The cost of the repairs amounts to #347.14.7 of which #244.5.6 was spent on
the aisle.
Receipt for William Forbes's proportion of the cost.
1825 GD 171/Box 82
National Library
Country Life 19th October 1940 - gravestone of a gardener and his tools.
The church, graveyard and Campbell mausoleum were photographed in 2009 on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publication series.
Field Visit (October 1985)
St Quivox, Parish Church and Burial-ground NS 3751 2406 NS32SE 5
This T-plan.church stands within its walled burial-ground and occupies a prominent position in the village of St Ouivox. It is rectangular on plan (18.85m by 5.9m within walls 1m thick) and gable-ended; although the visible fabric is largely of 17th-century date (with 18th- and t9th-century additions on the N), the building may embody its medieval
predecessor. A weathered panel in the S wall bears the date 15 [ ] 8. About 1767 the Oswald burial-aisle was added to an existing N aisle. There are a number of 17th- and 18th- century gravestones on the Sand E sides of the church. About 1221 Walter Stewart granted the church to the Gilbertine House at Dalmilling (NS32SE 4) and at some time before
1238 it was regranted to Paisley Abbey.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (IMS) October 1985.
(Stat Acct., vii, 1793, 359; NSA, v, Ayr, 123; Paterson 1863-6, i, 659-60; Chalmers 1887-1902, vi, 514-15, 565, 826; Scott 1915-61, iii, 65; Strawhorn 1959, 267; Cowan 1967, 178).
