Old Parish Church, Peterhead
Old Parish Church (also known as Muckle Kirk)[1] is a Category A listed building located on Maiden Street in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Local brothers Robert and John Mitchell[2] built the church between 1804 and 1806, to a design by Alexander Laing, of Edinburgh.[3][4] Its Burgerhuys bell dates to 1647.[5]
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57°30′18″N 1°46′58″W | |
Denomination | Church of Scotland |
The church closed in 2016, and its congregation merged with Peterhead's Trinity church to form Peterhead New Parish Church.[6]
Gallery
- View of the church's southern side from Maiden Street. The church hall, built in 1896, is in the foreground
- The exterior entrance to the church hall
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References
- "Councillors asked to approve plans to ‘repair, renew and enhance’ Peterhead’s conservation area" - The Press and Journal, 9 May, 2019
- Robert Mitchell at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
- PETERHEAD OLD PARISH CHURCH - Historic Environment Scotland
- Alexander Laing at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
- Peterhead, Erroll Street, Old Parish Church - Canmore.org.uk
- Peterhead New Parish Church - LocalPrayers.com
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