St Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Dundee)
The St Mary's Roman Catholic Church , originally Church of the Immaculate Conception , is a Roman Catholic church building in the Scottish city of Dundee in the same council area . In 1965 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The church building was built in 1865 as the third Roman Catholic church in Dundee. The British architect Joseph Hansom was responsible for the design . The building is located at the junction of St Mary's Lane and High Street, northwest of the city center. The bell tower on the south side dominates the neo-Gothic building. It has an octagonal floor plan. Buttresses divide its facade vertically between the six two-part ogival tracery . The tower closes with a squat, pointed helmet with a cast-iron weather vane on top. On the left is a round Lady Chapel with a conical roof . The twelve-axis-wide side aisles of the basilica are designed with paired ogival tracery and articulating buttresses. The windows in the upper aisle are coupled to triplets . There are lead glass windows used.
In the interior, an arcade of yellowish sandstone resting on gray plinths separates the aisles.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Information from the Diocese of Dunkeld
- Entry on St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 28 '15.1 " N , 3 ° 0' 29.2" W.