Aberdeenshire HER - NJ42SE0038 - LUMSDEN

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ42SE0038
NameLUMSDEN
NMRS Card No.NJ42SE27
NMRS Numlink112529
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Parish church of Auchindoir and Kearn. This plain Free Church in Lumsden was built in 1843 and became parish kirk and UP Church in 1803. The church is tall ad relatively narrow, built of grey sandstone with a slate roof. The principle, gable, elevation, faces the green and has a small porch and bellcote, and striking curved skews with roll-moulding at a step half way up. The discrete corner buttresses originally had pinnacles which have been removed or broken off. The central bay is slightly advanced and has a round window with trefoil tracery above which is a triangular inscription panel which reads: UNION FREE CHURCH. In the gablehead is a date panel of 1889, possibly the date when the church was united with the established church congregation. The side walls of the church are plain and simple with equally spaced pointed-arch windows. Attached to the rear gable is a single storey hall built of sandstone blocks with slate roofs and rectangular windows. A roll of honour and documents relating to local men who served in World War I were found in a cupboard at the church in 2014.
Last Update21/12/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 4752 2204


Easting: 348030, Northing: 813940

Compiler 
Date of Compilation 

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys

Date MDate YTypeDurationDirector / OrganisationAuspicesFundExtent
 1998   RCMRCM 

Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CHURCHESPARISH A100

Google Map for NJ42SE0038


National Status

Regional Status


Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
01768PRESS & JOURNAL 1  ABERDEEN03/03/2232022

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Auchindoir and Kearn
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints
Altitude230
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1NW
Aspect 2
Current Land Use
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

Plan 
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter 
Length 
Width 
Thickness 
Depth 
Area 
Height 

Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Present church built 1843; became parish kirk and UP Church in 1803; works carried out 1889.

Architect Details

Architect Details R Duncan, architect 1889, practised in Huntly.

Maritime Archaeology

empty