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]

Old Parish Church
The church in 2013
Old Parish Church
57°30′18″N 1°46′58″W
DenominationChurch of Scotland

The church closed in 2016, and its congregation merged with Peterhead's Trinity church to form Peterhead New Parish Church.[6]

  • 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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See also

References
  1. "Councillors asked to approve plans to ‘repair, renew and enhance’ Peterhead’s conservation area" - The Press and Journal, 9 May, 2019
  2. Robert Mitchell at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
  3. PETERHEAD OLD PARISH CHURCH - Historic Environment Scotland
  4. Alexander Laing at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
  5. Peterhead, Erroll Street, Old Parish Church - Canmore.org.uk
  6. Peterhead New Parish Church - LocalPrayers.com


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