St Mark's Church (Dundee)
The St Mark's Church , also Greenfield Church is a church building in the Scottish city of Dundee in the same council area , which as today Gate Church Free Church is used. In 1965 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The neo-Gothic St Mark's Church stands at the junction between Greenfield Place and Perth Road, west of the city center. The building was completed in 1869 based on a design by the Scottish architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington . In 1879 it was extended to a design by Ireland & MacLaren . On the left of the main facade, which is exposed to the north, the bell tower rises up with a square floor plan. A pointed arched side portal with a six-pass in the tympanum is embedded on its side facade . Paired, open lancet windows can be found below the octagonal , pointed helmet .
Below the main gable are two pointed arch portals supported by a trumea pillar in an ogival opening. The tympana, as well as the six-pass gusset between the portals, are made with leaf ornaments. Above that, two paired lancet windows with four passports and a final six passport can be found in wide ogival recesses . The Typana are also ornamented in detail. A wrought-iron cross sits on the gable . The roofs are covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Network presence of the parish ; accessed on September 23, 2018.
- Entry on St Mark's Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '22 " N , 2 ° 59' 7.5" W.