Braemar Church

1869, R Lamb, B listed. The present Parish Church (known as the West Church) began life 1843 as a wooden building, to be replaced by a stone building in1845. It was built as the meeting place for the breakaway group which seceded from the Church of Scotland to form the Free Church in 1843. The Church was built in 1870, the design reflected a return to an earlier era of church architecture in the spirit of Gothic revival. This was a reaction to the plain ?barn like? structures which were typical of earlier church buildings. Such was the character of the new church that it inspired the minister of Crathie to advocate doing likewise, and with the help of Queen Victoria, the church there was demolished and rebuilt in1895.

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