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St Mary's Church, South Road, Ellon

A Category A Listed Building in Ellon, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.3617 / 57°21'42"N

Longitude: -2.0716 / 2°4'17"W

OS Eastings: 395789

OS Northings: 830139

OS Grid: NJ957301

Mapcode National: GBR P978.9M9

Mapcode Global: WH9PS.47S8

Plus Code: 9C9V9W6H+M8

Entry Name: St Mary's Church, South Road, Ellon

Listing Name: St. Mary on the Rock Episcopal Church, Ellon

Listing Date: 16 April 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 372303

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB31111

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200372303

Location: Ellon

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Ellon

Electoral Ward: Ellon and District

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

G.E. Street 1870-1. Early middle pointed, 106' long, dark
granite with lighter dressings, freestone windows and string
courses. Aisleless nave canted to narrower chancel, W.
piended lean-to narthex with depressed arch enclosing 5
lancets above. 4 2-light windows N. wall, 1 4-light window
and 2 2-light S. wall, organ chamber on S., vestry on N.;
apsidal chancel, N. spirelet at junction of nave and chancel
cleverly broached from square to semi-octagonal and thence to
circular. Interior: narthex opens into church by 3 arches,
pointed waggon roof with tie rods, good original stone
pulpit, coloured marble reredos, 2-seat sedilia with piscina,
sacrarium with brass door by Hardman & Co. Glass Clayton and
Bell N. side of nave and chancel, inferior Lavers and Barreau
S. side of nave.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. The rectory was designed by Butterfield but was added to later by another

hand and reconstructed c.1926. It is now of little interest.

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