Basic Site Details Name: | St Lesmo's Chapel | Town, district or village: | Glentanar/Glen Tanar | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Church consecrated 1871
There were the ruins here of a small laird’s house, with an ancient archway. The latter was left intact, the old walls covered in, and now we find a charming little church. The roof, seats, choir seats and pulpit are all rustic pine, from the forest. Between the rafters the roof is’ powdered’ with lead stars, gilt and with a small mirror in the middle of each; the floor is granite, a granite font, - the most simple one we ever saw, - and all the windows, which are very small, are filled with ornamental glass. [Aberdeen Journal/Builder 19 September 1874 p791-792]
Additional information from interview by Alastair Conners with Mrs Isobel (nee Gordon) Adams, Broughty Ferry | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Chapel | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | | Memorial plaque | | 1869 | 1871 | | Original building | | 1934 or 1937(?) | | | New organ. Tower to north-west | | 1940 | | Addition | Monument to Grethe Dagbjort, Lady Glentanar |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Geddes, Jane | 2001 | Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS/Rutland Press | p129 | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1927 | The Life and Works of an English Landscape Architect | | | p46 onwards | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p514 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 September 1874 | | | pp791-792 Reprinted from Aberdeen Journal |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 44 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR UND/172 |
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