Chapelford, St Ninian's Burial Ground, Chapel and Dawson Mausoleum Moray, Scotland, UK
Rectangular rubble walled burial ground. Entrance in NE angle flanked by square ashlar gatepiers with shallow pyramidal caps and linked by ashlar overthrow with apex cross; pair cast-iron gates.
Listed Building Description
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Rectangular rubble walled burial ground. Entrance in NE angle flanked by square ashlar gatepiers with shallow pyramidal caps and linked by ashlar overthrow with apex cross; pair cast-iron gates. Rectangular mortuary chapel (W G Brander, architect, Clochan, Banffshire, 1955), incorporated in E angle of burial ground wall. Harled, ashlar dressings. Round-headed entrance in centre W gable with double-leaf plank doors. Crowstepped gables; cross finial at W apex. Re-set datestone of 1687. DAWSON MAUSOLEUM: Reginald Fairlie, architect, 1939. Octagonal; rubble with tooled and polished ashlar dressings; small gabled projection at E, recessed entrance at W with roll-moulded projection at E, recessed entrance at W with roll-moulded, semi-octagonal frame; double-leaf plank doors; small square-headed lights with lattice-pane glazing in each face. Piended octagonal graded Banffshire slate roof with lead apex cross. 17th century and subsequent tomb stones. Also white marble Celtic memorial cross heavily decorated with interlacing decoration.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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Early Roman Catholic church site. Ruined chapel known to have existed in 1602 and another built in 1687. Presumably the datestone from this church is that now set in chapel wall. Desecrated by soldiers in 1728 and abandoned, though the slates were re-used to re-roof St Ninian's, Tynet in 1787. White marble Celtic cross commemorates Bishop Nicholson first Vicar Apostolic of Scotland who died in 1718 and 26 priests buried within the grave yard.
Listed Building References
© Crown Copyright text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Peter Anson, THE BANFFSHIRE BETHLEHEM, ST NINIAN'S TYNET (nd. circa 1950), pp 4, 5, 9. Patrick Nuttgens, REGINALD FAIRLIE, 1883-1952 (1959), p 56, pl 49. Moray District Record Office, ZCMn DE3/956/16.