Barony Parish Church, 24 High Street, Auchterarder

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Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 04/06/2019 Local Authority Perth And Kinross Planning Authority Perth And Kinross Burgh Auchterarder NGR NN 94832 12966 Coordinates 294832, 712966 — Gothic Revival church by Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh 1904. Early pointed, red snecked rubble, west aisle with three gablets, no clerestory squat northwest tower with fine doorway, battlemented parapet and low pyramidal slated spire. Connected hall. — Designed by the Glasgow-based practice of Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh, this church of 1904 replaced an earlier parish church, which was located on another site and had fallen into a poor condition. By 1904, Charles Rennie Mackintosh had been made a partner in the firm, however there is no stylistic or documentary evidence to suggest that Mackintosh was involved in the design of the church. As John Keppie attended the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone and the style of the internal furniture indicates that it was likely his work. (Mackintosh Architecture) Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was born in Glasgow and is regarded internationally as one of the leading architects and designers of the 20th century. He became known as a pioneer of Modernism, although his architecture took much inspiration from Scottish Baronial, and Scottish and English vernacular forms and their reinterpretation. The synthesis of modern and traditional forms led to a distinctive form of Scottish arts and crafts design, known as The Glasgow Style . This was developed in collaboration with contemporaries Herbert McNair, and the sisters Francis and Margaret Macdonald (who would become his wife in 1900), who were known as The Four . The Glasgow Style is now synonymous with Mackintosh and the City of Glasgow. Mackintos

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