Angus HER - NO65NE0099 - DUN PARISH CHURCH

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Primary ReferenceNO65NE0099
NameDUN PARISH CHURCH
NRHE Card No.NO65NE119
NRHE Numlink 223627
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 4687
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Parish church and graveyard, still in ecclesiastical use. It replaced the former parish church (NO65NE0002) to the South-East. It was built in 1834, to the design of Robert Dalgarno, with a vestry added in the later-19th century, becoming visible on the 2nd edition OS map. The church also incorporates a bell from 1815, known as the Barclay Bell. It is a short wide rectangular Gothic building, constructed of pinned rough ashlar. There is a tower in the centre of the front East Gable. The tower incorporates the entrance, which is a pointed-arch doorway, with a double-leaf timber door, flanked by engaged columns. Above the doorway, there is a large heraldic memorial panel, dedicated to William Henry Kennedy Erskine of Dun (1870). Above this are blind bipartite lancets, and above this, divided by a string-course, is an open bellcote. The tower has a castellated parapet, with angle pinnacles. Flanking the tower are two large pointed-headed windows. There is a small single-storey vestry at the rear, on the West gable, with a piended roof. It has a single rectangular window on the North face, and a rectangular window and doorway on the South face. The South flank has two pointed-headed windows, similar to those flanking the entrance, but the North side is blind. The West gable also has two similar windows, which are partially masked by the later vestry. At the apex of the West gable is what appears to be the corniced base of an apex finial, which is no longer there. There are slate roofs and decorated skewputts. Inside, there is a pulpit against the West wall, dated to 1615, and a panelled gallery covering the full length of the North, East and East walls. There is a memorial tablet commemorating those from the parish who died World Wars I and II against the East wall. The original graveyard surrounds the church, and there is a modern extension of the graveyard to the North. It contains 19th and 20th century stones. A full transcription of memorial held in AAS Digital Archive.
Last Update05/05/2023
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerCH
Date of Compilation17/07/2009

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CHURCHESPARISH A100
TOWERS PINNACLEDB100
MEMORIALSWORLD WAR I C100
MEMORIALSWORLD WAR II D100
MEMORIALSWAR E100
FINIALS SITE OFT70
ROOFS PIENDEDU100
SKEWPUTTS DECORATEDV100
ROOFSSLATE W100
PULPITS  X100
TABLETSMEMORIAL Y100
GALLERIES PANELLEDZ100
GRAVEYARDS EXTENDEDAA100
CHURCHESASHLARGOTHICF100
VESTRIES SINGLE-STOREYG100
DOORWAYS ARCHEDH100
DOORSTIMBERDOUBLE-LEAFEDI100
COLUMNS ENGAGEDJ100
PANELSMEMORIAL K100
PANELSHERALDIC L100
LANCETS BIPARTITEM100
LANCETS BLINDN100
STRING-COURSES  O100
BELLCOTESOPEN P100
PARAPETS CASTELLATEDQ100
PINNACLESANGLE R100
BASES CORNICEDS100