St Peter's Church (Buckie)
The St Peter's Church , locally also falsely Buckie Cathedral , is a Roman Catholic church building in the village of Buckie in Scotland Council Area Moray . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
After the Scottish Reformation , Roman Catholic communities were met with suspicion and sometimes with hostility. However, the regionally predominant clan Gordon remained with the Roman Catholic faith. St Gregory's Church , three kilometers south of Buckie, was the first non-hidden Catholic church building after the Reformation to be built in the 1790s. In 1834, however, around 400 Catholics were counted in Buckie alone who used St Gregory's Church.
A law from 1832 allowed reading Roman Catholic masses again. Around 1835 a building was rented in which a chapel was set up. In 1850, Bishop James Kyle entered into negotiations with William Gordon, 9th Baronet, of Letterfourie to build a church in Buckie. The church was then given a piece of land for the construction of a church building, a rectory and a school. After the foundation stone was laid in 1851, St Peter's Church was completed in 1857. In 1907 additions were made to the interior. In 1947 and 1991 the interior was redesigned.
description
St Peter's Church stands at the head of St Peter's Road west of central Buckie. The building made of red sandstone with contrasting light borders and corner stones is designed in a neo-Gothic style. The pointed arch portal is designed with a Trumea pillar . A wide tracery is embedded above it . The flanking bell towers with their square floor plans are striking. They are designed with lancet windows and on the second floor with small tracery. At the foot of the octagonal helmets protrude pinnacles on. The helmets are made with dormer windows.
The nave of the three-aisled church is five axes wide. The aisles are unadorned. In the upper aisle , pointed arch windows are coupled to form triplets . The choir is a little lower. There are triple windows on the sides and a rose window on the gable side. The roof is slated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information from the parish
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Entry on St Peter's Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
Coordinates: 57 ° 40 ′ 25.1 " N , 2 ° 58 ′ 32.1" W.