Scotland / Aberlady PiP

The Aberlady Parish Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Aberlady in the Council Area East Lothian.

n the vicinity of the site there has been a religious centre since early Christian times. Since the 7th century Culdeer probably settled near today's Luffness House. In the late 16th century a Carmelite fortress was built there. The oldest fragments of the Aberlady Parish Church date back to the 15th century. In 1773 the nave was demolished and rebuilt. The 16th and 17th century annexes on the north side have been preserved and were supplemented on the south side to form two complete transepts. In the 1880s Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss commissioned the Scottish architect William Young to redesign Gosford House. At the same time, he also arranged for Young to redesign the Aberlady Parish Church in 1886.