Old Parish Church, High Street, Kirriemuir

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 11/06/1971 Local Authority Angus Planning Authority Angus Burgh Kirriemuir NGR NO 38610 53910 Coordinates 338610, 753910 — James Playfair 1786-8. Rectangular plan, red rough ashlar, 2-storey treatment, arched windows at upper level with original glazing: 7 windows down flank; end bays advanced; 5-windows w. gable, end bays advanced, 2-stage clock tower and octagonal spire of very simple form. Slated. Interesting galleried interior of slim superimposed doric orders; segmental ceiling. Reseated John Carver 1873, further alterations later; hall added 1904. — B group. The central area of Kirriemuir still substantially retains the warm red sandstone character of the period of Sir J.M. Barrie's novels. Most of the shop fronts are either original or mid-Victorian. Only the Parish Church and the British Linen Bank are of high architectural interest in the academic sense. The remainder is well-proportioned provincial Georgian vernacular with a few Victorian replacements. But the internal grouping and spaces have much character and atmosphere while the outward grouping on a high bank in the bend of the Gairie Burn is picturesque. A fair number of items are included for group value only, i.e. unity of character and material. Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.