Ballantrae Parish Church

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Ballantrae Parish Church

The Ballantrae Parish Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish village of Ballantrae in the Council Area South Ayrshire . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in Monument Category B. The church, which dates from 1819, is located on Main Street ( A77 ) on the southern edge of the village. The church is still in use as such. In the associated cemetery there is also a mausoleum, the last remnant of a previous church. The mausoleum was classified as a monument of the highest category A in 1971. Until 2016 it was also classified as a Scheduled Monument .

mausoleum

Kennedy Mausoleum and remains of the old parish church

The building, also known as the Kennedy Monument , dates back to 1605. It was originally built as a private chapel by members of the Kennedy clan . A parish church was built next to it in 1617 and the chapel was attached to the new building. With the construction of the new parish church around 200 years later, the old church was torn down and the stone material was reused for construction. Only the mausoleum with a short section of the former church facade remained. Located around 50 m south of the parish church, the Kennedy Monument has an elongated floor plan 6.4 m long and 5.5 m wide.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Network presence of the parish
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Entry on Kennedy Monument  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 5 ′ 58.5 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 17.7 ″  W.