Aberdeenshire HER - NJ92SE0007 - FOVERAN PARISH CHURCH, FOVERAN

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Primary ReferenceNJ92SE0007
NameFOVERAN PARISH CHURCH, FOVERAN
NRHE Card No.NJ92SE1
NRHE Numlink 20385
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 9165
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former parish church, no longer in ecclesiastical use, built in 1794, and associated graveyard. It is a rectangular Georgian building with a later organ chamber apse on the south elevation. It was built with roughly-shaped and coursed granite rubble, with better quality grey granite blocks on the quoins and surrounds. The steeply-pitched roof is slated. Original round-arched windows. There is a window on either side of the central apsed organ chamber, which was added in 1900. It has a hipped roof, built into the original roof structure and there is a round-arched window (matching those in the original elevation) on the side faces of the chamber. There is a simple birdcage-style bellcote, with ashlar stones and a small bell hung within the opening. It is topped by a large, stone ball finial. The galleries renewed in 1877 into horseshoe gallery on cast-iron columns with arcades at upper level. The interior was refurbished in the 1930s with pews and fittings from the demolished Foveran United Free Church. There are an interesting group of monuments in the church including the Turing slab. The Turing slab is category A listed, and is a medieval stone with two incised figures in armour. It is well-preserved but broken in the middle. This probably lay in the Turing Aisle of the medieval church (NJ92SE0015) and which was removed from the graveyard in the 1970s and re-erected against the west wall of the church. There is also a 17th century bust of Sir John Turing, a Queen Anne hourglass attached to the pulpit, a stone font that incorporates a medieval column and a bronze plaque to the painter and etcher James McBey who was born nearby. The church contains a war memorial to Lieutenant Charles Thomas McWilliam, killed in action 18th March 1918. Unveiled in October 1922, it is set on a wooden board, and comprises a rectangular bronze plaque with inscription, decorative leaf edging, a cross at the top and two shields either side. The graveyard contains three World War I Commonwealth war graves: Deck-hand FG Kelly, Royal Naval Reserve: Gunner D Tough, Royal Garrison Artillery: Private William Wood, Gordon Highlanders.
Last Update16/02/2024
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CHURCHESPARISH A100
WINDOWS ROUND-ARCHEDB100
BELLCOTESBIRD-CAGE C100
FINIALSBALL D100
GALLERIESHORSESHOE E100
COLUMNSCAST-IRON F100
CHAMBERSORGAN G100
MONUMENTS DATEDH100
TOMBS  I100
FIGURES INCISEDJ100
CHURCHYARDS  K100
MEMORIALSWAR L100
MEMORIALSWORLD WAR I M100
GRAVEYARDS  L100
GRAVESWARCOMMONWEALTHN100
GRAVESWORLD WAR I O100