Aberdeenshire HER - NK06SW0107 - RATHEN WEST PARISH CHURCH

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Primary ReferenceNK06SW0107
NameRATHEN WEST PARISH CHURCH
NRHE Card No.NK06NW56
NRHE Numlink 180766
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 16138
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Church, still in ecclesiastical use, built by William Smith in 1868-70. It is an early English style, six-bay rectangular-plan church building with a tower and broach spire to the south-west. The west front is of grey granite with red pinnings, and the flanks of mixed grey and red granite, and there are freestone dressings with alternately black and red voussoirs. There is a John Warner bell from 1873, and a War Memorial within the graveyard (NK06SW0062). The churchyard contains the Commonwealth war grave of Lance Corporal JH Smith, Royal Engineers, who died 7 February 1919.
Last Update15/09/2022
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CHURCHES  A100
TOWERS  B100
SPIRES  C100
GRAVESWARCOMMONWEALTHD100