St. Gregory's Church, Preshome
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St. Gregory's Church, Preshome is a Roman Catholic Church at Preshome near Buckie
in north-east Scotland. It is protected as a category A listed building.
Built in 1788, St. Gregory's was the first church building to be openly built by Catholics in Scotland since the Reformation
of 1560. Catholic worship had previously been confined to private homes and clandestine churches
. St Ninian's
, a Catholic church at nearby Tynet, was erected in 1755 but was built to resemble a cottage.
The design of the church was intended to make a statement of the pride that Catholics took in their faith. Therefore, the church has an elegant Italian Baroque
facade that proclaims its Catholicism by being stylistically unique in Scotland. The pedimented gable sports classical urn finials and the Latin date "DEO 1788." The design of the church has been credited to Father John Reid, with later additions by Peter Paul Pugin
. Inside, the reredos
incorporates a painting of St Gregory by Caracci, a gift from the Earl of Findlater.
Buckie
Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...
in north-east Scotland. It is protected as a category A listed building.
Built in 1788, St. Gregory's was the first church building to be openly built by Catholics in Scotland since the Reformation
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...
of 1560. Catholic worship had previously been confined to private homes and clandestine churches
Schuilkerk
A clandestine church , defined by historian Benjamin J. Kaplan as a "semi-clandestine church", is a house of worship used by religious minorities whose communal worship is tolerated by those of the majority faith on condition that it is discreet and not conducted in public spaces...
. St Ninian's
St. Ninian's Church, Tynet
St. Ninian's Church, Tynet is a historic Roman Catholic church clandestine church located at Tynet about 4 miles to the west of Buckie, Scotland in the Enzie region. Erected in 1755, it is the oldest surviving Roman Catholic church built in Scotland after the Reformation.-Architecture:St...
, a Catholic church at nearby Tynet, was erected in 1755 but was built to resemble a cottage.
The design of the church was intended to make a statement of the pride that Catholics took in their faith. Therefore, the church has an elegant Italian Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
facade that proclaims its Catholicism by being stylistically unique in Scotland. The pedimented gable sports classical urn finials and the Latin date "DEO 1788." The design of the church has been credited to Father John Reid, with later additions by Peter Paul Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin was an English architect, son of Augustus Welby Pugin by his third wife Jane Knill. He was the half-brother of architect and designer Edward Welby Pugin....
. Inside, the reredos
Reredos
thumb|300px|right|An altar and reredos from [[St. Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church|St. Josaphat Catholic Church]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. This would be called a [[retable]] in many other languages and countries....
incorporates a painting of St Gregory by Caracci, a gift from the Earl of Findlater.