Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cults Free Church |
| Town, district or village: | Cults |
| City or county: | Aberdeenshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | A new United Free Church is about to be erected at Cults N B from plans prepared by Mr McMillan, a local architect. [Building News 18 January 1901 Page 89] The design submitted is of Gothic type with Scottish features and is cruciform in plan. There will be a tower at the west and an apse behind the pulpit, where provision is made for an organ; and there will be sittings for fully 600. There will also be a hall, sessions house, ladies’ workroom and tea kitchen and the total cost will be about £4,000. ...... The architects have been instructed to proceed with working drawings [Builder 25 May 1901 Page 579] |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Outreach Centre | ||
| United Free Church, Cults Village | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Church | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 2 August 1843 | Journal reference | ||
| 1901 | Build/construction | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| William Henderson | 1843 | Original building | |||
| D & J R McMillan | A | 1901 | New church | ||
| Duncan McMillan | A | 1901 | New church | ||
| John Ross McMillan | A | 1901 | New church | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p280 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Aberdeen Journal | 2 August 1843 | |||
| Builder | 25 May 1901 | p519 | ||
| Builder | 1 June 1901 | p541 Additional detailed descriptive notes | ||
| Builder | 3 August 1901 | p115 | ||
| Builder | Before 1928 | McMillan work | ||
| Building News | 18 January 1901 | p89 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Ross McMillan: F v18 no 1214 | |