Pitlochry Parish Church
The Pitlochry Parish Church is a parish of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Pitlochry in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . In 1981 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
Archibald Butter donated the land for the construction of what is now Pitlochry Parish Church, originally built as a branch church in Parish Moulin . The foundation stone was laid on September 4, 1883. The design for the building in the style of Frederick Thomas Pilkington's architecture was provided by the Dundee- based architecture firm Charles & Leslie Ower . The organ is an Andrew Carnegie foundation , while the bells and tower clocks installed on March 6, 1885 are Archibald Butters foundation. The Alexander Duff memorial was added in 1889. The building has served as a parish church since 1923. Columns were added around 1950 and the building was expanded in 1996.
description
The Pitlochry Parish Church is on Church Road in central Pitlochry. The Kreuzkirche is designed in a neo-Romanesque style. Its masonry consists of rubble stone roughly hewn into cuboids with offset natural stone details . The openings, like the crowns, are usually round arched . The gables of the transept are decorated with large rose windows . The three-story bell tower on the west side has a square floor plan. Broad, colossal pilasters stretch along its edges, reaching up to the concluding cornice below the pyramid roof . Lukarnen emerge from the roof . A slender corner tower rises up on the south side. All roofs are covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Entry on Pitlochry Parish Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 42 ′ 14.9 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 57.8" W.