Aberdeenshire HER - NJ90SW0044 - BANCHORY-DEVENICK CHURCH

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ90SW0044
NameBANCHORY-DEVENICK CHURCH
NMRS Card No.NJ90SW8
NMRS Numlink20284
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former Banchory-Devenick Parish church (also known as St. Devenick's Church), built on the site of earlier churches. A post-reformation church is recorded as having been built on this site in 1642, but is said to have been built on an even earlier church site. St Devenick, an early Christian missionary is thought to have been buried on, or near, this site on 13 November 887 AD. The present church was built in 1822, and is oblong in plan, constructed of harled rubble with granite detailing stones including a base course, quoin strips and window and door surrounds. The double pitch roof is slated. The west gable has a small gabled porch with a rectangular door in the north and south faces and a narrow lancet window in the West face. Above the porch is a wide lancet window with simple tracery and clear glass. On the apex of the gable is a rectangular bellcote with a ball finial and tall metal weather vane. The south elevation has four lancet windows with Y-tracery. The east gable has a single large lancet window with intersecting tracery. The north elevation has a small hipped-roof extension used as a store. There are also small lancet windows at the West and east ends of the north elevation. Alterations were carried out in 1865 and 1925. Behind the church is a small watch house (NJ90SW0018). Within the churchyard is the Commonwealth war grave of Lance Corporal J Lawrie, Highland Light Infantry.
Last Update05/07/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 9069 0246


Easting: 405600, Northing: 858600

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Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRAVESWARCOMMONWEALTHE100
CHAPELS SITE OFA100
CHURCHESPOST-REFORMSITE OFB100
CHURCHESPARISHGOTHICC100
BELFRIES  D100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status


Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
DEVAPP/2014/2417 Ground Digital 01/09/2014
DEVAPP/2014/2417 Ground Digital 02/07/2014
DEVAPP/3014/2418 Ground Digital 30/06/2014

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
02265BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST     BANCHORY-DEVENICK 1  
00856ARCH SCOT POST-REF CHURCHESG HAY1957   260  
00858HIST, PAR OF BANCHORY-DEVENICKJA HENDERSON1890  ABERDEEN39-41  
02277SCOTTISH NOTES & QUERIES 0   (1838) 185  

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Banchory Devenick
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, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude15
Geology 
Topography Terrace
Aspect 1N
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
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Shape 2
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD) A100    
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) B100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) C100    
19th Century D100 1904  
Modern (1900 - 2050) E100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Built 1822; John Smith submitted designs for building which were not adopted 1822; opened 29 September 1822; alterations 1865; restoration 1902 and 1929.

Architect Details

Architect Details John Lyon, architect 1822; John Smith, architect (design not adopted) 1822; William Edgar Gauld, architect 1902; A Marshall Mackenzie & Son and John Gibb Marr, architects 1929.

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