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This church dates to the 17th century and stands on the site of a Pre-Reformation original. It was a T-plan building but now only the west gable survives. It is located north of Aberdeen, close to the coast, in open, rolling countryside.
The church is mentioned in records in 1157, when it was confirmed to the bishop of Aberdeen. By 1256 the church was a prebend of the cathedral of Aberdeen. The church was replaced by the current parish church in 1878 (see site Belhelvie North Parish Church).
Exterior Description
The church was built from roughly-coursed granite rubble, with slightly better quality granite blocks in the surviving south section of south wall. The west gable, which is complete, has a rectangular door at ground level with a rectangular window above at gallery level. There is a blocked rectangular window to the south of the door. On the apex of the gable is a tall, rectangular bellcote with ashlar masonry (so-called 'birdcage' type). It is dated 1762. Only a fragment of a stone finial survives. The 1633 bell was stolen in 1966. Only a very small section of the north and south walls survive at the west end, as well as a fragment of the south aisle (which formed the T-plan).

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Day 8 - North Island Bus Tour - Mosta, Mdina & Rabat

Santa Maria della Salute in Venice is part of the parish of the Gesuati and I learned that it is the most recent of the so-called plague churches.

In 1630, Venice experienced a devastating outbreak of the plague and as a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health.

The church was designed in the Baroque style by Baldassare Longhena. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.

The Salute is a majestic, octagonal building with two domes and a pair of bell-towers at the back. At the apex of the pediment stands a statue of the Virgin Mary who presides over the church which was erected in her honour. The façade is decorated with figures of Saint George, Saint Theodore, the Evangelists, the Prophets and Judith with the head of Holofernes.

Here we see the front entrance and I took the shot looking upward - I wanted to imagine looking up as the people of Venice had done all those centuries ago, as they entered these mighty doors during their time of suffering and struggle and the inspiration they sought from entering such a building of faith and hope.

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Kirkton of Lethendy Old Parish Church Site
Construction materials: Stone (sandstone) - Used for walls;
This old parish church is situated on a bend in the B947 road, near Lethendy. It is now a ruin, with only parts of the red sandstone (from the local Gourdie quarry) walls upstanding - the roof is now gone. It appears to have been in little regular use since the Kinloch and Lethendy churches united in 1806. It was apparently re-used after 1843 and was in use until around 1929. It may well have been re-built and refurbished during these times of use. Researched by East Cox, compiled by J. Dowling, 17/12/03.
Narrow rectangle of uncertain date. South wall rebuilt 1847
with shouldered openings and new bell-cote provided. John
Ramsay of Kettins architect. Gutted.

A final view of the chapel, standing on raised ground in a meadow.

The 1690s church has a plain but dinky appearance and I rather like the fact that the tiny tower is at a funny angle. It's a Grade I listed building. The little hearse house, built in 1822, can be seen at left. It too is a listed building. Unfortunately, it was impossible to photograph the Victorian wooden hearse squeezed inside.

St Chad's Chapel, also known as Old St Chad's, stands in splendid isolation among fields and meadows at Tushingham, in north-west Cheshire. An earlier church was built here in the 14th century but it was torn down and completely rebuilt in brick in about 1690. In 1863 it was replaced by a new St Chad's more conveniently sited alongside the A41. Surprisingly, though, Old St Chad's is still used for parish burials - a delightfully gothic horse-drawn hearse is still kept in a separate building, although I doubt whether it's ever used. Infrequent services are also still held.

The handsome reredos in St Peter's Church, Hargrave, is by John Douglas. To me it has more than a flavour of Burne-Jones about it.

The unusual 17th century Church of St Peter in Hargrave, near Chester. originally built as a church and village school combined, St Peter's was paid for by local bigwig, later Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Moulson.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vittoria
from the 17th century....