Kinfauns Parish Church

Church in Scotland, Scotland

Kinfauns Parish Church

2012 view, looking northwest to Kinnoull Hill

56°23′07″N 3°21′08″W﻿ / ﻿56.385410°N 3.3521306°W﻿ / 56.385410; -3.3521306
Location| Church Road
Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Country| Scotland
Denomination| Church of Scotland
Architecture
Architect(s)| Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson
Completed| 1869; 155 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 now a Category C listed building.[1]

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

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* Robert Gordon (from 1816 to 1821)[3]
* Roger Davidson

## Notable interments

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

* Sir Denys Lowson, 1st Baronet (1906–1975)

## Gallery

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* The church from Northlees Farm, near Deuchny Wood, in 2010

## See also

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* List of listed buildings in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Official website

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