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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
A walk around the outside is not to be missed with several good monuments including a flamboyant armorial to George Melville, 1678, and a primitive extravaganza, the Balfluig Monument (Mary Forbes Tomb, 1725) with squat supporting figures, winged “putto” and “memento mori” skeleton below.<br /><br />The graveyard contains the graves of early botanist John Duncan and poet Charles Murray.
OpeningTime1
10.00-16.00
OpeningDate1
15/9/2012
IsNewThisYear
Yes
ID
Google Panorama ID
12284
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Located on the A980 west of the village of Alford
Postcode
AB33 8NL
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The West Church, Alford
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
aberdeenshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
335
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.23335,-2.740386;
Description
An account of the resource
The Church is built on an old ecclesiastical site with records showing a 12th century church was located here. It is rectangular in plan with harled walls with granite surrounds and corner stones. The south elevation has three large, equally spaced round arch windows, the centre one having stained glass.<br /><br />The interior is original and beautifully preserved.<br />The Church is now in private ownership.
Date
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Built in 1804 and extended in 1826