Basic Site Details Name: | St Margaret's Episcopal Church | Town, district or village: | Braemar | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The church of St Margaret of Scotland, Braemar, Aberdeenshire is now to be constructed in permanent form. The external walls will be of Braemar stone with dressings of freestone from Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. The architects are Messrs W Bucknall and J N Comper, Westminster, London. [Builder 26 February 1898 p213]
Replaced earlier timber church by Arthur Clyne. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | St Margarets Episcopal Church | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1880s | | Build/construction | Lampstand and gateway arch for previous church | | 1899 | 1907 | Build/construction | | | 1901 | | Opened | This date is at variance with information sent January 2009 by Stuart Donald | | 1904 | | | Rood screen designed | | 1907 | | | Consecration | | 1919 | 1922 | | Rood screen executed |
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 | | Walter MacFarlane & Co | | D | 1880s | | Lampstand and gateway arch (for previous church) | | (Sir) John Ninian Comper | | A | 1899 | 1907 | Also provided designs for glass. | | Bucknall & Comper | | A | 1899 | 1907 | | | (Sir) John Ninian Comper | | B | 1904 | 1922 | Rood screen (designed 1904, executed 1919-22) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Donald, Stuart | 2008 | The church of St Margaret of Scotland in Braemar | | | | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p562 | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp40-41, 388-90 | | Symondson, Anthony and Bucknall, Stephen | 2006 | Sir Ninian Comper: An introduction to his life and work with complete gazetteer | | Reading: Spire Books and the Ecclesiological Society | p 313 | | Symondson, Anthony, SJ | 1998 | Unity by inclusion: Sir Ninian Comper and the planning of a Modern Church | no 3 | Twentieth Century Architecture: The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society, pp 17-42 | p21 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 26 February 1898 | | | p213 | | English Churchman's Kalendar | September 1907 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6266 | |
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