Errol Parish Church
Errol Parish Church , formerly North Church and The Cathedral of the Carse , is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Errol in the council area of Perth and Kinross . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The land to build the church was donated by John Lee Allen of Errol Park . The Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham was entrusted with the planning of the church building . After the foundation stone was laid on April 14, 1831, the church was opened on March 17, 1833. The contractor George Page who carried out the construction put in a very cheap offer of £ 3819 and was bankrupt when completed. Initially the building was called North Church . The organ and the ornamented communion table were donated in 1905. Lady Ogilvie Dalgleish financed various modernization measures in 1915, including the renovation of the floor, the installation of heating and gas lighting and the ornamented pulpit . William Watson donated electric lighting in 1934.
description
The Errol Parish Church is in the center of the village. The cruciform church is designed in the historicizing neo-Anglo-Norman style. Cornices crown their arched openings. The transept is three axes wide. Steps lead to the entrance portal at the foot of the bell tower. Buttresses run along the lower section of the bell tower . The tower ends in slender, octagonal pinacles . The chime consists of three bells: The hour bell with the inscription "The Rev D Mr Jas Jobson Minr 1762. Bell of Errol" and the quarter-hour chime with the inscription "Michael Bvrger Hvys MF 1637".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Entry on Errol Parish Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 23 ′ 34.7 " N , 3 ° 12 ′ 43.5" W.