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Old Parish Church South Aisle, Churchyard, Parish Church, Strichen

A Category B Listed Building in Strichen, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5828 / 57°34'57"N

Longitude: -2.0899 / 2°5'23"W

OS Eastings: 394720

OS Northings: 854749

OS Grid: NJ947547

Mapcode National: GBR P86P.76T

Mapcode Global: WH9NL.VNZV

Plus Code: 9C9VHWM6+42

Entry Name: Old Parish Church South Aisle, Churchyard, Parish Church, Strichen

Listing Name: Original Parish Church of Strichen, South Aisle

Listing Date: 16 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350303

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16569

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Strichen, Parish Church, Churchyard, Old Parish Church South Aisle

ID on this website: 200350303

Location: Strichen

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Central Buchan

Parish: Strichen

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Church building Churchyard Burial aisle

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Description

1620, much overgrown and roof ruinous. Rubble-built with
vaulted lower portion, skewputts, curved outside stair to former
laird's loft above, with doorhead raised in roof. Fragments only
of arch opening into church at N. gable.

Statement of Interest

Strichen Parish was formed in 1620 from parts of Rathen and

Fraserburgh and a church and the surviving family burial aisle

built by Thomas Fraser of Strichen. Constituted 1627,

disjunction confirmed by Act of Parliament 1633.

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