Kinfauns Parish Church

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Kinfauns Parish Church
Kinfauns Kirk and kirkyard, Carse of Gowrie (geograph 3127272).jpg
2012 view, looking northwest to Kinnoull Hill
Kinfauns Parish Church
Kinfauns Parish Church
56°23′07″N3°21′08″W / 56.385410°N 3.3521306°W / 56.385410; -3.3521306
LocationChurch Road
Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
CountryScotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
Architecture
Architect(s) Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson
Completed1869;156 years ago (1869)

Kinfauns Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Dating to 1869, the work of architect Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson, it is a Category C listed building. [1] The congregation has moved to the new Madoch Centre.

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The ruined pre-Reformation church dates from the 15th century; however, it stands on the site of a chapel of Scone Abbey that existed as early as 1226. [2]

Ministers

Notable interments

The following people are buried in the church's kirkyard, which is also a listed structure:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinfauns Parish Church (LB11995)".
  2. ↑ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
  3. ↑ "Gordon, Robert (1786-1853)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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