Basic Site Details Name: | St Patrick's RC Church, Presbytery and halls | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | On the 17th inst the foundation stone of a new church was laid at a site at the corner of Arthurstone Terrace and Maitland Street, Dundee. The architect is Mr T M Cappon of Dundee. The church, which will accommodate 800 persons, is to be built of red stone from Ayrshire, while the rubble is to come from Berry Muirhead Quarry, Forfar. So far only the mason contract has been fixed, and it has been entrusted to Mr William Bennett, Dundee. [Builder 27 March 1897 p303]
Pugin Design - Personal information from Frank Thomson then of Cappon's office. It is uncertain if the Pugin design was for Lilybank or Arthurstone Terrace; it did not reach Dean of Guild submission | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 3, Arthurstone Terrace | Yes | | | 1,3,5, Maitland Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1896 | 1898 | | | | Before 1896 | | | Design drawn up by the Pugins | | 17 March 1897 | | Foundation stone | Foundation stone of church laid | | 1898 | | Design exhibited | Cappon design | | 1899 | | Design exhibited | Design for Church and Presbytery | | 1899 | | Build/construction | Clergy House (Presbytery) - date given in Gifford | | 1926 | 1927 | Build/construction | St Patrick's War Memorial Hall |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Harry Edward East | | A | 1896 | 1898 | As assistant to T M Cappon (HS list says that William Gillespie Lamond assisted Cappon in the later stages) | | John Morrison Mathers | | A | 1896 | 1898 | As apprentice/assistant to T M Cappon | | Thomas Martin Cappon | | A | 1896 | 1899 | Design of church (and font) and presbytery | | Peter Paul Pugin | | B | Before 1896 | | Design - not executed | | Pugin & Pugin | | B | Before 1896 | | Design - not executed | | David Adams Lumsden | | A | 1898 | | As apprentice to T M Cappon | | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | | | 1927 | | St Patrick's War Memorial Hall |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1898 | | part 1 | | p26 | | Anson, Peter | 1963 | Catholic Church Building in Scotland | | | p275 - gives date of 1898 for Pugin design but must be earlier | | Dundee Yearbook | 1898 | | | | Depicts church without curvilinear parapets | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p192 | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1898, no 1709 | | Nuttgens, Patrick | 1959 | Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect | | Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd | p47 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1899 | | | | 733 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 March 1897 | | | p303 - foundation stone | | Builder | 25 November 1927 | CXXIII | | p840 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dundee Planning Department/NMRS | Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm) | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25183 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Adams Lumsden: L v10 no582 (microfilm reel 32); John Morrison Mathers: L v8 no459 (microfilm reel 31) |
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