All Saints Episcopal Church, Annan Road, Gretna

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 03/08/1971 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Parish Gretna NGR NY 31799 67307 Coordinates 331799, 567307 — Geoffry Lucas, dated 1917. Church in Arts and Crafts tradition. Bull-faced red ashlar with polished dressings; slate roofs; openings mostly round-headed with recessed margins. Aisled nave, porch at SW and massive square tower base at SE; full- height chancel with gabled small side chapels; buttressed gables; shallow W porch; apex belfry between chancel and nave. Interior: pointed-arched nave arcades on plain octagonal columns, vaulted ceiling with plaster ribs; font at W with crocketted timber cover; panelled sanctuary with Comperesque English altar screen. — Place of Worship in use as such. All Saints Church is situated at the key crossroads in Gretna village and is a significant central building in the town. Built in red brick, it is notable for its small windows and deep overhanging roof to the nave. It is built in red sandstone, which sets it apart from the more usual red brick of the housing in Gretna. The massive, square tower-base was intended for a tower, which was never built. Built in 1916-18, the town of Gretna was constructed to provide housing and community facilities for the workers of the nearby munitions factory. The government was concerned during the course of the First World War that there was a lack of ammunition for the British troops, and it commissioned a large munitions factory to be built. This stretched for 9 miles along the banks of the Solway and produced Cordite explosives. Thousands of workers were brought in from around Britain and Ireland to work at the factory and temporary timber and more permanent brick housing was erected to accommodate the builders of the factory

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.