St Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalmahoy Estate

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 22/01/1971 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 14542 69084 Coordinates 314542, 669084 — John Henderson, 1850. Simple rectangular-plan Gothic church with N aisle, vestry to NE and porch to S. Squared and stugged honey-coloured sandstone with ashlar dressings and margins. Pointed-arch door, trefoil-headed lancets, hoodmoulds, moulded labelstops; eaves cornice, saw-toothed coped buttresses, fleur-de-lis finials, base course. S ELEVATION: 4-bay nave with lower 2-bay chancel at E end. Gabled stone porch to outer left; diagonal buttresses framing entrance; moulded pointed arch carried on sandstone colonettes; blind lancet in gablehead; cross finial. 2 small paired in E returns. Red and black Minton tiles with fleur-de-lis and lion motif. Chamfered door surround with datestone AD 1850 above keystone; studded wooden door. 3 symmetrical bays to right with lancets divided by buttresses. Lower 2 bays of chancel to outer right recessed; 2-light windows under eaves with colonette mullions. E ELEVATION: gable with 3-light East window; diagonal buttresses. Recessed to right is E return of N aisle; small 2-light lancet at centre. W ELEVATION: gable with 2-light traceried window at centre; diagonal buttresses. Gable capped by gabletted bellcote of 2 pointed arches with pierced quatrefoil in spandrel. W return of porch recessed to left. N ELEVATION: 5-bay asymmetrical; gabled N aisle to outer left with porch entrance on W side at re-entrant angle between taller penultimate bay and aisle. 3 symmetrical bays to outer right, lancets divided by buttresses. 2-light window in N gable; cross finial; set-back buttresses. Lean-to porch with pointed arch, studded door, small 2-light lancets on N return. Diamond-pane leaded lights, (wi

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.