Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen

Greyfriars Church is a Category A Listed building in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was designed by the architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and built in 1903. It is situated on Broad Street and forms the south-east corner of Marischal College, also designed by Mackenzie.[1]

Greyfriars Church

History

A priory was built in the area in 1469. Around 1525 Bishop Dunbar started a new church.[2] This was completed and occupied in 1532 in Pre-Reformation days by Franciscan monks. It was retained for Protestant worship after the Reformation, but the monastery element was demolished to create Marischal College (attaching the church) in 1593.[3]

In 1605, 1616 and 1640 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was held here (rather than its usual venue in Edinburgh).[2]

In 1749 the church was redesignated as a chapel-of-ease to the Kirk of St Nicholas, a status which continued until 1828.

Notable ministers

Due to the physical connection between buildings, many ministers also served concurrently as Principal of Marischal College.

References
  1. "Aberdeen, Broad Street, Greyfriars Church | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 5; by Hew Scott
  3. "Aberdeen, Broad Street, Greyfriars Church | Canmore".

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