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Latitude: 57.5769 / 57°34'36"N
Longitude: -3.8087 / 3°48'31"W
OS Eastings: 291936
OS Northings: 855538
OS Grid: NH919555
Mapcode National: GBR J8ZP.L2X
Mapcode Global: WH5H7.GTLB
Plus Code: 9C9RH5GR+QG
Entry Name: Auldearn Parish Church, Remains of Former Medieval Church, Burial Ground and Sundial
Listing Date: 26 January 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 332338
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB1647
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Auldearn Parish Church, Burial Ground And Sundial, Excluding Scheduled Monument SM5418, Auldearn
ID on this website: 200332338
Location: Auldearn
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor
Parish: Auldearn
Traditional County: Nairnshire
Tagged with: Church building Cemetery Sundial Churchyard
In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following is excluded from the listing: scheduled monument SM5418 (Auldearn, Old parish church).
Alterations by John Robertson of Inverness, 1898. Harled with ashlar margins and dressings. Symmetrical 8-bay south elevation with round-headed keystoned entrances in outer bays; similarly detailed windows, large in bays 3 and 6, small in remaining bays; impost blocks in windows and doors. Datestone in centre; 1650 mural monument. 4 large (1898) windows in north elevation with same detailing as in south elevation; all windows with simple circle tracery of 1898. Round-headed gallery window in east and west gables; bellcote for 2 bells at west gable apex; slate roof.
Interior; re-cast and re-furbished in 1898 in Gothic style. Panelled bowed pulpit and panelled reredos at southwest enclosed by low screen; serpentine pannelled gallery front at east; cusped tracery to ceiling braces.
Rubble walled burial ground. Pair of late 19th century tooled ashlar square gatepiers with Gothic detailing to west and pair of decorative cast iron carriage gates. Various 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century tombstones.
Circular ashlar sundial on squat circular rubble plinth standing near southwest entrance of church.
Place of worship in use as such. 1898 alterations and renovation cost about £800, which was raised by a bazaar.
In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following is excluded from the listing: scheduled monument SM5418 (Auldearn, Old parish church).
Listed building record and statutory address updated in 2017. Previously listed as 'Auldearn Parish Church, Remains of Former Medieval Church, Burial Ground and Sundial.'
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