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Former Parish church, now disused, and a C-listed graveyard, still in use. Antiquarian sources record the church as being built in 1855 on or near the site of its predecessor, which was dedicated to 'St Malruib, Confessor' (also known as St Maelrubha), and mentioned in circa 1512-13. The early date suggested by the dedication to St Maelrubha (died 722) is supported by the finding of a Class II symbol stone in the adjacent manse garden (see NO65SW0007). The bell of the present church bears the date '1624'. The graveyard has a collection of gravestones dating from at least 1720. It is shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps as a rectangular church with a rounded projection on the east end elevation, set within an irregular graveyard. Current maps show the graveyard has been extended to the north. The church is constructed from red sandstone, with ashlar surrounds and quoins and corner buttresses. There are three lancets and a narrow bellcote to the west elevation. The north elevation features a shallow gabled doorway with a pointed-arch door, with an identical south elevation. The east end has two lancet windows and a round trefoil. Below the lancet windows there is a central single-storey piended-roofed vestry, with small rectangular doors on each side. The graveyard is enclosed by a coped rubble wall. The principal entrance is to the west, and has quadrant walls with tall ball-finialled square-section ashlar gatepiers and two-leaf decorative ironwork gates. The pedestrian gate to the east has similarly detailed ironwork, and was formerly the access gate to the manse. There are some gravestones of note, with a variety of trade emblems and intricate heraldic devices, and an unusual double stone. There are also some tomb-table stones, including a tomb with winged souls over a crown and cartouche dated 1756. Kinnell War Memorial (NO65SW0065) is in the western end of the graveyard. The later northern section of the graveyard remain in use, but the church has been disused for some time and is in a poor condition, with some sections of roof collapsed.
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NO65SW0035 - KINNELL PARISH CHURCH