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|caption = The church in 2009
|locmapin = Scotland Perth and Kinross
|map_caption = Location in Perth and Kinross
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|built = c. {{start date and age|1810}}
|designation1 = Category A listed building
|designation1_date = 3 October 2017
|designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num= LB52454 |short=yes}}
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[[File:Stained glass by Bannantyne & Son, St Serfs, Dunning.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Stained glass window by [[Ballantine and Gardiner]]]]
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'''St Serf's Church''' in the Scottish village of [[Dunning, Perth and Kinross|Dunning]], [[Perth and Kinross]] is a [[Category A listed building]] largely dating to the early 19th century, but incorporating a 12th-century tower.<ref name=hes>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB52454|desc=St Serf's Church, Dunning|cat=A |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/26683/dunning-st-serfs-church-and-churchyard Dunning, St Serf's Church And Churchyard] – [[Canmore (database)|Canmore]]</ref>
==History==
The church dates to the 12th century, and has a forestair leading to the east gallery entrance that is dated 1687 on the lintel. The building was extensively remodelled by Alexander Bowie between 1808 and 1810.<ref name=hes/> [[Stained-glass window]]s by [[James Ballantine|Ballantine and Son]] and [[Ballantine and Gardiner]] were added between 1899 and 1910.<ref name=hes/><ref>[http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/218 James Ballantine and Son (about 1828 - about 1925)] – Stained Glass in Wales</ref> The churchyard includes early stones dated 1623 and 1624.
The church was in use until 1972 but is now in the care of [[Historic Scotland]]. It is visible to the public at no charge but under supervision.<ref>St Serfs Church Dunning, Historic Scotland: {{ISBN|1-904966-15-2}}</ref>
The building was used in the filming of the 2000 Scottish film ''[[Complicity (film)|Complicity]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complicity - Filmed Here - Film Edinburgh |url=https://www.filmedinburgh.org/Filmed-Here/Complicity |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.filmedinburgh.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotland the Movie Location Guide - Complicity, Dunning |url=http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/compdun.html |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.scotlandthemovie.com}}</ref>
==Dupplin Cross==
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The 9th-century [[Dupplin Cross]] is inside the church;<ref name=hes/> it was placed there in 2002 after a protest to [[Historic Scotland]] at its removal from its original home in Dunning.
==See also==
*[[List of Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|St Serf's Church, Dunning}}
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[[Category:Churches in Perth and Kinross]]
[[Category:Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross]]
[[Category:Listed churches in Scotland]]
[[Category:1810 establishments in Scotland]]
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