Exterior And Interior Of Parish Church With Music On History Visit To Kinross Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the exterior and interior of the Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Kinross, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Kinross Parish Church was designed by George Angus in 1832 in a Tudor Gothic style. It occupies the highest point of the burgh. George Angus used almost identical designs in Fife at Kingskettle and Kincardine. The cruciform external appearance of the church cleverly disguises a square, Georgian, preaching interior, flooded with light. Interior modernised in 2005 by architect: David Murdoch of Methven but retaining the overall form, large clear glass windows and galleries from the original church, with original pews in the galleries. Internal features include memorial tablets to the Grahams of Kinross, transferred from the demolished St Peter-le-Poor Church, City of London, England, and to Colonel Robert Burns-Begg , a descendant of Isobel Burns, youngest sister of Robert Burns, and a stained glass window by James Ballantine II. George Angus was born in Meikleour in Perthshire in 1792. He had no university training but was apprenticed as an architect probably around 1802, probably in Dundee, given his later connections to the town. He moved to 1 St Colme Street in Edinburgh in 1828 running an office from 165 Rose Street. George was an early 19th century Scottish architect renowned for his Gothic Revival churches and Classical public buildings. Although based in Edinburgh (and presumably seeking commissions there) almost all of his work is to the north, with a particular impact on the townscape of Dundee. In his final year his business address moved to 110 Princes Street facing onto Edinburgh Castle. He was married to Jessie Smith, but his wife died young, possibly in childbirth. They had one daughter, also Jessie, who lived at 47 India Place after her father's death. George Angus died at his home, 1 St Colme Street in Edinburgh's New Town on 8 June 1845, following a short illness. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery in north Edinburgh. The extremely modest grave lies on the southmost path of the main cemetery, towards the south east. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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