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Church and graveyard, still in ecclesiastical use, and associated graveyard. Also known as Doune Church. The church was built in 1805 by James, 2nd Earl of Fife as a chapel of ease for Macduff, and later remodelled by James Matthews, Aberdeen, in 1865. Within the graveyard is a mid 19th century beadle's residence (also known as the Church Cottage). The church is rectangular with a tower abutting the centre of the long north elevation, and with gabled porches (from 1865) at the east and west gables. The building is harled with an extensive use of ashlar in margins and in dressings, particularly in pointed keystoned lintels above round-headed windows. The principal and larger porch at the east gable has side doorways, and the front gable is lit by three narrow round-headed windows, with similar gallery fenestration in the east and west gables. The south elevation is lit by three long round-headed windows, and similar paired windows flank the projecting square tower at the north. All windows have shaped and keystoned lintel detailing and with horizontal glazing (two with stained glass), the larger with an additional geometric glazing pattern at the head of the window. The domed tower at the north is three-stage, with the lower two stages probably from 1805. The first stage is corniced with wide angle pilasters, and is surmounted by a 1865 square belfry with paired round-headed louvred windows in each face and surmounted by a domed leaded roof with a cupola and with clock faces (from 1863) at the east and north on a bracketed wallhead. A small plaque above the entrance at the base of the tower is inscribed 'Town Clock installed June 1863'. There are decorative cast-iron apex finials and slate roofs. The church has a lofty galleried interior. Most fittings date from 1865 except from the late 19th century pulpit. A five-sided gallery has a panelled front, and a late 19th century organ is fronted by the square pulpit, which is approached by a flight of stairs with a decorative cast-iron balustrade. On the north wall there are two stained glass windows of 20th century design by The Abbey Studios, which are signed CW or WC in monogram form. The Church Cottage is sited close to the church within the burial ground. It is a single-storey, three-bay harled cottage with contrasting painted margins. A centre door is masked by a projecting modern gabled porch. There are end stacks to the slate roof. The graveyard is enclosed by a high rubble wall. The main entrance at the east is flanked by tooled granite gatepiers and closed by cast-iron carriage gates. A pedestrian entrance at the north is flanked by similar piers. There are 19th and 20th century tombstones within the graveyard, including those of magician Walter Bodie and his family.
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