St Rufus Church

St Rufus Church
St Rufus Church
Keith Parish Church
	St Rufus Church
	57°32′37″N 2°57′14″W / 57.5437°N 2.9540°W
Location	Keith, Moray
Country	Scotland
Denomination	Church of Scotland
Website	www.strufus.org
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1816
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Category A listed building
Clergy
Minister(s)	Interim Moderator Rev Sonia Palmer

St Rufus Church, also known as Keith Parish Church, is a Church of Scotland church in Keith, Moray, that was built in 1816. Designed by James Gillespie Graham in the Perpendicular Gothic style, it has crenellated walls, traceried windows and a tall bell and clock tower at its west end. The doorway leading into the nave from the entrance lobby is an unusual war memorial, listing the names of parishioners who died in the First World War on one side, and in the Second World War on the other.

St Rufus was built to replace a medieval church of the same name, which was demolished shortly after St Rufus was completed. The sacrament house of the original church was installed in the new church, and now serves as a memorial to a church elder. St Rufus has been designated a Category A listed building, and is still in use as an active place of worship; the burial ground of the demolished church, which contains carved memorials to people from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, is Category B listed.