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Maison Dieu Church Of Scotland, Witchden Road, Brechin

A Category B Listed Building in Brechin, Angus

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.7275 / 56°43'38"N

Longitude: -2.6523 / 2°39'8"W

OS Eastings: 360179

OS Northings: 759722

OS Grid: NO601597

Mapcode National: GBR WX.Z608

Mapcode Global: WH8RG.757H

Plus Code: 9C8VP8GX+X3

Entry Name: Maison Dieu Church Of Scotland, Witchden Road, Brechin

Listing Name: Maisondieu Church, Witchden Road with Front Wall and Gatepiers.

Listing Date: 11 June 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 358178

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22588

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Brechin, Witchden Road, Maison Dieu Church Of Scotland

ID on this website: 200358178

Location: Brechin

County: Angus

Town: Brechin

Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell

Traditional County: Angus

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

1891 Sir George Washington Browne (Edinburgh). Late
classical-neo Georgian revival, with Greek detail at
frontispiece on elevated site. Rectangular 6-bay plan,
2-storeyed treatment, pedimented frontispiece centre of W
gable, 3-bay pilastrade of doors bearing distyle in coupled
antis portico of fluted Ionic columns main entablature
of flanks threaded through as lintels of main windows, small
square windows above; flanks plain coursed rubble, small
lower windows, large upper windows lintelled by main
entablature, severe treatment except at westmost bays which
have lower bipartites with their own entablature, tall
tower eastmost bay of S flank, square with domed
octagonal belfry stage, louvred round-arched openings in
Doric pilasters, splayed sides blind with urns at angles.
Hall at right angles to rear projecting S, tripartites
in gables. Large churchyard with dwarf boundary retaining
wall. Good main gatepiers fluted on inner face,
panel-pilastered on outer face, panelled banded rustication,
short plain banded curved flank walls linking outer piers
with ball finials; footgate lower down, banded piers with
ball finials.

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