The architects were Messrs. Matthew and Mackenzie and the building in the early Decorated Style, prevalent at the beginning of the fourteenth century. The windows have geometrical tracery. When the church was consecrated only the chancel, nave and south aisle had been completed; the north aisle was added in 1898 and the tower was not completed until 1913. The walls are built of hammer-dressed Aberdeen granite but the dressings at the quoins and voids are in freestone from Burntisland. The nave roof is timber and the sedilia, piscina and altar are made from Caen stone (the present altar covers the stone altar), the fine shelly limestone from Normandy, which was often used in mediaeval buildings.
The wonderful font is pre-reformation and came from the ruined church at Kinkell near Inverurie. Alexander Galloway was the Rector of Kinkell from 1516 until his death in 1552 and he was also Rector of Kings College, Aberdeen, several times during this period. He designed and donated many works of art to the Diocese and this font is attributed to him; it bears his initials on the West panel. Other carvings are the five wounds of Christ, the crown of thorns and a rose, the symbol of the Virgin Mary.
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