Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan is a Roman Catholic church building in the Scottish town of Troon in the Council Area South Ayrshire . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The church is still in use as such.
history
Funds were used to finance the building, which the Catholic John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, bequeathed to the community upon his death. The then still young Scottish architect Reginald Fairlie was commissioned with the planning . The building was completed in 1911. Another extension was added three years later.
description
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan is considered to be one of the finest works of Fairlie and is one of the most important late neo-Gothic buildings in Scotland. The church building is at the intersection of St. Meddans Street and Cessnock Road . The masonry consists of cream-colored and embossed sandstone roughly hewn into irregular blocks . A squat-looking three-story tower rises on the northwest-facing front. This has an elongated floor plan and takes up almost the entire width of the nave. The central entrance portal is designed with a round arch with a profiled reveal . Above is a tracery made up of four slender arched windows . Buttresses subdivide the five-axis-wide side facades. The apse protrudes semi-octagonal on the southeast side. The building closes with a slate roof .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the Diocese of Galloway ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Information from the Diocese of Galloway
- Entry on Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′ 42.2 " N , 4 ° 39 ′ 12.5" W.