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St Mary Of The Assumption, Fife Street, Dufftown

A Category B Listed Building in Dufftown, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4444 / 57°26'39"N

Longitude: -3.1223 / 3°7'20"W

OS Eastings: 332734

OS Northings: 839897

OS Grid: NJ327398

Mapcode National: GBR L9N1.GDZ

Mapcode Global: WH6KH.04GW

Plus Code: 9C9RCVVH+Q3

Entry Name: St Mary Of The Assumption, Fife Street, Dufftown

Listing Name: Fife Street, St Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Hall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360765

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24723

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dufftown, Fife Street, St Mary Of The Assumption

ID on this website: 200360765

Location: Dufftown

County: Moray

Town: Dufftown

Electoral Ward: Speyside Glenlivet

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

CHURCH: Rev Walter Lovi, 1825 enlarged 1925. Rectangular
church orientated N-S. Grey rubble granite, tooled sandstone
dressings. 3-bay S entrance gable (facing street) with bays
delineated by buttresses rising above crenellated wallhead
(pinnacles missing) as flanking archways each side of church.
3 pointed-headed windows with intersecting tracery and centre
gablet oculus; apex cross.
Plain 3-bay flanks with N end bay lit by oculi. Local slate
roof.
INTERIOR: simple groin vaulted interior with ribs rising
from carved corbel stones; extended 1925 chancel with
panelled dado and joisted timber ceiling. Green and white
marble altar with oak canopy (both by John Devlin).
Gallery across S end of church housing organ; bowed front
supported by 4 slender cast-iron columns; slender turned
balusters supporting moulded rail.
HALL: mid 19th century church hall flanks church at E. Harled
with ashlar dressings. S frontage with large centre transomed
and mullioned window flanked left by smaller window and right
by door, all hoodmoulded; multi-pane glazing. centre
keystoned niche in gablet; apex bellcote.
GATEPIERS: bull-faced granite gatepiers with simple caps;
decorative wrought- and cast-iron pedestrian gate under
decorative overthrow.
Flanking coped bullfaced retaining walls.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

Presbytery, completely remodelled in 1930's, not included in

listing.

Hall was school.

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