Description

Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, 1961. Church and presbytery to N. Concrete and facing brick (now rendered), copper roofs.

CHURCH: trapezoidal on plan, with apse containing altar. Small irregularly-placed rectangular windows, glazed with coloured glass, at ground, main lighting from roof, which tapers down from apse to ecclesiastical W on variable pitch. Deep concrete eaves band, with plain cope. Apse roof flat.

INTERIOR: Pointed grey brick, polished wood. Confessionals at N, choir gallery over entrance.

PRESBYTERY: 2-storey and basement, set into hillside, with monopitch roof. Irregular rectilinear glazing in 1920s Dutch style. Vaulted concrete ceilings.

ROADWAY AND STAIRS: Sloping site dictates extensive stairways, concrete with steel rails, and ramped roadway and car park hard landcaped with lines and patches of granite setts.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17812658

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)