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New Spynie, Church of Scotland
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New Spynie Parish Church is a small T-plan structure, located in small grounds alongside a quiet, rural road. The church overlooks a large expanse of productive farm land and there is a forestry plantation to the east. There is a well-kept lawn to the front (south) and a gravel car park on the east side with footpaths for access. The church was built in the 1730s, using some of the stonework from a previous church on or near the site.
The church is a small, simple building, aligned east-west. There is a north aisle and a bellcote on the west gable. It was built with roughly-coursed rubble stonework, with ashlar corner stones (quoins) and surrounds. Much of the quality stone jambs and lintels are re-used from a previous building (likely an older church). The roof is slated and has stone skews and ridge.
Spynie Kirk was moved in 1736, stone by stone, from the site beside Spynie Cemetery where it had been built in the late 12th century to be rebuilt, in a different form, at its present site in New Spynie to the north of the Quarrelwood. One point of interest is that the lintel over the east door was installed upside down, and remains so to this day.
It is a typical old-style country kirk with box pews and a Communion pew – two pews facing inward to a narrow table between. There are two lofts to east and west and the central pulpit on the south wall.
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