St John's Episcopal Church, 110-116 Albert Street, Dundee

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 30/06/1989 Local Authority Dundee Planning Authority Dundee Burgh Dundee NGR NO 41104 31374 Coordinates 341104, 731374 — Rev Edward Sugden, 1885. Simple small Gothic church with nave, apsidal chancel, aisles and attached hall. Rubble built with ashlar dressings, set at picturesque 45 degree angle to the street. Canted porch, pointed arched entrance leading to shouldered arched door with inscription. 3 trefoiled triple lights to aisles, timber clerestory of mullioned triple lights. 3-sided apse to chancel, side bay splayed to pavement line. Cusped single and 2-light windows. NE (liturgical W) gable with 2 square-headed windows, originally 2-light (altered for stained glass 1904) and oculus. Angle chamfered and corbelled out at left, stack to right. Square-section bellcote with louvres, cusps, steep French slate roof and wrought-iron cross finial. Slate roof, ridge tiles over chancel, Celtic cross finial to chancel arch, wrought-iron finial to apse. Small pane cathedral glazing, except to apse and NE gable stained glass. HALL: 3-bay gable to street. Centre door, 2 flanking top-hopper windows, upper small paned traceried window, hoodmoulds. Brick rear. Slate roof with skylight. Wrought-iron finial. INTERIOR, CHURCH: 4-bay nave and aisles with timber hammer beam roof on timber arcade. Windows hoodmoulded stained glass in chancel and at rear, latter dated 1904. Refurnished by Thoms and Wilkie, high quality woodwork by Jones and Willis. Ornate carved counter balanced font cover, pulpit anc choir stalls with mythological beasts as arm rests. Perpendicular Gothic old organ case. Carved reredoes with triptych. Ashlar chancel arch, marble chancel floor and rail, brass altar rail. Wrought-iron light fittings. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. New hall

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.