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Church, still in ecclesiastical use, built in 1818, possibly designed by John Smith of Aberdeen, architect, and extensively renovated in 1885. Surrounded by associated graveyard. Built to replace an earlier church at Old Aberdour, to the north (NJ86SE0002). It is a plain rectangular church, with a four-bay south front, and is harled with tooled granite ashlar margins and dressings, 1885 skewputts, and a slate roof with tiled ridge. The original entrance is at the east, and a similar entrance at the west is masked by a porch dated 1885. Both entrances have 1885 double-leaf plank doors with ornate cast-iron hinges. Four regularly spaced shallow Tudor-arched windows light the south front. There is a similar long gallery window in each gable, and a blocked gallery window in centre of rear elevation. The bellcote at the west gable is said to date to 1771, and to be re-used from the old parish church. A worn dated plaque in the centre of the south wall situated below a mural sundial reads: 'This CHURCH was erected by John Dingwall of Brucklay, PATRON and principal heritor of the Parish and CHARLES FORBES Esq. Proprietor of Auchmeddon MDCCCXVIII'. Internally, the gallery has been refronted (probably re-using 1818 panelling) and projected slightly forward in 1885, and is supported on original cast-iron columns. A square panelled 1885 pulpit with ornate backboard is approached by a flight of stairs with turned balusters. The Communion table is said to have come from Forres, circa 1960. The font has a pewter bowl dated 1773. There are a number of wall memorials in the nave, including a large First World War memorial. The church and burial ground are enclosed by a coped rubble wall, with a pair of square tooled ashlar gatepiers with pair cast-iron spearhead gates. The New Aberdour War Memorial stands in front of the south elevation (NJ86SE0054).
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