Knockando Parish Church

Knockando Parish Church

Close to Cardow Distillery and on a ridge looking north across the Spey Valley lies the beautiful Knockando Parish Church.

From the East Stained Glass

It will be obvious from these photographs that Knockando Parish Church is of recent construction. It was built in 1993 to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire in November 1990. All that had been left was a charred shell. A major fundraising campaign was launched and the church you see today cost £400,000.

Knockando Parish Church was designed by the Law & Dunbar-Naismith Partnership to reflect the spirit of the earlier church: and the almost free standing circular corner tower is strongly reminiscent of its predecessor.

Internally the church has a wonderfully light and airy feel, helped greatly by the glazed ridge to its roof. Traditional church design is reflected in the gallery above the east end of the nave, and some beautiful modern stained glass contributes strongly to its very welcomng atmosphere.

Church from the Gallery

Watch House Chapel

Today's church is only the latest of several to have stood on the site. The church that burned down in 1990 was built in 1757. It was later enlarged in 1832 and 1868 before being extensively rebuilt in 1906 at a cost of £2000. The round tower reflected in the replacement's design was added during the 1906 rebuild.

One feature unaffected by the fire was the watch house in the churchyard. This has been converted into a free standing chapel.