Location
Saltoun Square/ Kirk Brae Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 998 67
Description
The slightly stumpy stone built spire of the church is adorned by a simple metal fish weather vane. See external link to church website for pictures of the whole building.
Related Information
Fraserburgh Old Parish Church is located on the site of the original church, which was built in 1572, soon after the Reformation. The current church was constructed in 1803 using some material from the original building. The church contains a superb memorial window designed by Douglas Strachan 1906 which was gifted by Sir George Anderson, Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, in memory of his parents. A front pew in the south gallery is marked as the place where Marconi, pioneer of wireless telegraphy, worshipped during his stay in Fraserburgh. Church interior remodelled in 1898. The frontage is a 4-window, piend roofed rectangle; harled with margins; four round arched windows in each flank; squat ashlar front tower with pediment at eaves level, octagon top stage and spire. Beneath the clock tower, on the W front, is a stone bearing the date 1803. A mears bell hangs in the belfry.
Era
1800s
Information Source
ASMR, http://www.fraserburgholdparishchurch.org.uk/
Related Artefacts
Categories
Iconography
- fish
External Links
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
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