Culsalmond Old Parish Church, Burial Ground and Morthouse

Description

The church is a simple rectangular building, typical of many churches of this date. It was built with large, roughly-squared granite blocks with smaller packing stones inbetween. The church was originally harled or rendered but most of this has been removed over the years showing the stonework beneath. The bellcote from an earlier church on the site has been re-used on the west gable. There are no remains of the church's roof or interior.

The south elevation has four equally-spaced round-arched windows with fine surrounding stones, which were originally harled over. The north elevation, close to a group of mature trees, has no windows but there is an external stair which no longer has any of its original stone steps. The east and west gables each have a central round-arched doorway with a round-arched window above. The west bellcote, dated 1680, was re-used from an earlier church and is an elaborate bird-cage bellcote. It is built of fine ashlar stone and features moulded uprights, pinnacles, cornice and scroll-moulded gablets with finial. The east gable has a small ball-finial on the apex, which is dated 1791.