Description

John Henderson, 1843 with later additions. Rectangular-plan, plain, gabled gothic church, aligned E-W, with bellcote to E. Stepped, clasping buttresses. Base course, continuous window impost height string course, moulded eaves course. Saw-tooth coped skews, gabletedskewputts. Pointed-arch windows, chamfered reveals, deep pitched cills.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 4-bay, regular fenestration, steeply pitched gabled entrance porch to outer left; diagonal clasping buttresses flanking stone steps to pointed-arch entrance, double roll-moulded to reveal, engaged columns with foliate capitals; modern timber door and fanlight, pointed-arch ventilation slit to gablehead; pointed segmental-arched inner entrance within inscribed pointed-arch, dated 1843 above; 2-leaf, boarded timber door with strap hinges.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay, regular fenestration, later addition to NE corner; 3-light window, harled, slated piended roof.

E (END) ELEVATION: stepped tripartite lancet window, continuous cill course.

W (END) ELEVATION: single storey, gabled chancel abutting to centre, stepped tripartite to centre.

Leaded windows. Grey slates, lead flashing. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: plain, whitewashed interior; ashlar margin to pointed-archway to chancel, engaged columns with plain capitals supporting arch. Stone corbels supporting exposed roof beams. Stone steps to chancel. Stone pulpit and font.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. St Mary's church was consecrated by the Episcopal Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane on 28th May 1845.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• St Mary's Episcopal Church, Dunblane at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7594491

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)