St Mary's Chapel (Dalkeith)
The St Mary's Chapel , also St Mary's Church is an Episcopal church building in the Scottish town of Dalkeith in the Council Area Midlothian . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A. The church is still in use as such.
history
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott , the fifth Duke of Buccleuch , had this chapel built in 1843 near his country estate, Dalkeith House . As architects, William Burn and David Bryce were responsible for the design, who at the time ran a joint planning office. Differences regarding problems with the roof construction of this building initiated the later break of the two partners. The stonemasonry was directed by the architect Benjamin Ferrey . The church was completed and consecrated in 1845. As a private chapel, the church was open to the ducal family and their servants. Episcopal residents from the area were also allowed to use the building. The transept was not added until 1890. In 1958 the church was transferred to the Scottish Episcopal Church , which it still uses today.
description
The neo-Gothic sandstone church is located on St. Andrew Street on the northern edge of Dalkeith not far from a driveway to the nearby Dalkeith House. The front facing southwest is symmetrical and five axes wide. In the center is the two-winged main portal with a pointed arch and profiled reveal . The iron door fittings are elaborately designed by a specialist from London . Paired, blind pointed arches flank the portal. Above is a rose window with leaded glass windows . A small roof turret with a bell sits on the gable. Buttresses structure the paired pointed arch windows along the side facades . The roofs are covered with gray slate.
St Mary's Chapel has one of only two surviving hydraulic organ systems in Scotland. The second is in St Munn's Parish Church in Kilmun . However, in the case of St Mary's Chapel, the system operates both the organ and the peal, which is unique in Scotland today. It dates from 1909.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the parish
- ↑ Information on Burn & Bryce
- ↑ History of St Mary's Chapel
Web links
- Network presence of the parish
- Entry on St Mary's Chapel in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Scotland's Churches Trust information
Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '52.9 " N , 3 ° 3' 54.8" W.