Aberdeenshire HER - NJ51NE0009 - ST ANDREWS CHAPEL, ALFORD WEST PARISH CHURCH, ALFORD

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ51NE0009
Name	ST ANDREWS CHAPEL, ALFORD WEST PARISH CHURCH, ALFORD
NMRS Card No.	NJ51NE10
NMRS Numlink	17520
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Former Alford West Parish Church and site of an earlier chapel. An earlier chapel existed here but there is now no trace. The church is early 19th century, dated 1804 and 1826. It was originally a round-arched version of the Kildrummy design with a bow-staircase at rear. It was lengthened in 1826 and a thrid south window added. The exterior is harled with margins. Bellcote on west gable. Interior with gallery on doric columns. There are a number of good exterior wall monuments and tablets dating from 1678-1746, including Geo. Melvil, 1678, Mary Forbes (Balfluig Monument) 1725, and Wm. Badenach 1746. The Forbes monument is carved of red sandstone, the central panel framed in heavy mouldings and flanked by figures with labels with a winged putto on top and relief cadaver below. The surrounding churchyard walls are embanked internally, the gates flanked by open books in relief: possible 1694 date. Within the churchyard is the Commonwealth war grave of Private Robert Lobban (Gordon Highlanders) who died in May 1915.
Last Update	15/02/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 5539 1611

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STAIRCASES	BOW		G	100
CHAPELS		SITE OF	A	100
MONUMENTS	MEMORIAL		B	100
CHURCHES			C	100
BELLCOTES			D	100
GALLERIES			E	100
COLUMNS		DORIC	F	100
GRAVES	WAR	COMMONWEALTH	G	100
GRAVES	WORLD WAR I		H	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B
Listed Building, Category C

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/97/05/CT22-4	Air-oblique	Colour Transparency	28/05/1997
AAS	AAS-GR-21-08-012 -026	Ground	Digital	29/08/2021
AAS	AAS-GR-05-09-025 - 028	Ground	Digital	18/09/2005
AAS	AAS-GR-05-08-001 - 004	Ground	Digital	19/08/2005

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
07064	MARY FORBES TOMB, WEST KIRK, BY ALFORD: CONSERVATION REPORT		2001				HS rep		2001
00562	THE CHURCH AND OTHER BELLS OF ABERDEENSHIRE PSAS 90 (1956-7) 130-60	FC EELES	1957	Y			p.134		1957
02265	BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST						ALFORD No1
01105	EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2	A JERVISE	1879			EDINBURGH	116
02243	FASTI ECCLES SCOT	H SCOTT	1950		Y		No6,117
00856	ARCH SCOT POST-REF CHURCHES	G HAY	1957				242

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude	150
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	NW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

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Shape 2
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Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
19th Century	B	100
Modern (1900 - 2050)	C	100
20th Century	D	100
World War 1 (1914 - 1918)	E	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Chapel 1603; present church 1804, enlarged 1826. Date of Listing 16-APR-1971

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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