Aberdeenshire HER - NJ90SW0025 - ST DEVENICK'S-ON-THE-HILL CHURCH, BANCHORY-DEVENICK

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NameST DEVENICK'S-ON-THE-HILL CHURCH, BANCHORY-DEVENICK
NRHE Card No.NJ90SW137
NRHE Numlink 183138
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 2867
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former Free Church, built in 1843, shown on the OS 1st edition map as a Free Church and a school, with the school no longer shown on the 2nd edition OS map. Now in residential use. The church of St Devenicks is a plain classic oblong shape with projecting porch surmounted by bell turret. There is dormer clerestory lighting. The west end of the church has a small attached vestry with a chimney. The walls are harled and there are granite window surrounds and skew stones. Within the churchyard is the Stewart Vault, small octagonal and in gothic style, built of ashlar with a domed roof and dated 1895. It lies adjacent to the burial ground. The church was converted to private flats in 1989.
Last Update19/08/2024
Updated Bycherbert
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRAVEYARDS  E100
CHURCHESFREECONVERTEDA100
PORCHES  B100
TURRETSBELL C100
CHURCHYARDS  D100
SCHOOLS  F100