Basic Site Details Name: | St Kessog's Episcopal Church | Town, district or village: | Auchterarder | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | C listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | ST. KESSOG'S CHURCH, AUCHTERARDER, PERTH. - This church, the memorial stone of which has just been laid, is situated in a park of 2.5 acres on the north side of the High-street of Auchterarder. The church consists of a nave, 48 feet by 24 feet, and a chancel, 26 feet by 24 feet, separated by a stone chancel arch, with carved capitals. The porch is at the south- west corner of the nave. and in a niche above the doorway is a statue of St. Kessog. The vestries and organ chamber, with beating chamber underneath, are on the north side of the chancel. The chancel is the same width as the nave, and the roof is, externally, the same height in both, the ridging of red tiles being continuous from one end of tbe building to the other, except over the chancel arch, where it is intersected by the fleche. The fleche is of wood, covered, like the rest of the building, with green slates from Aberfoyle. It rises to a height of 70 feet. Externally and internally the walls are of warm red local stone. the dressings being in white stone from Auchinlea Quarries, near Motherwell. The roofs are of dressed timber, open to the ridge. 35 it. above the floor of the nave. The nave is divided into four bays, and is lighted by groups of double lancets along the sides, and by triple traceried lancets in the west gable. The chancel is divided into two bays. The east window is placed high in the gable so to give space for a reredos over the altar. The altar and reredos are to be of stone, with marble columns, and the panels filled in with sacred subjects in mosaic. The altar is raised above the floor level of the nave by eight steps. On the south side of the sanctuary are placed the stone sedilia, piscina, and credence. The nave will accommodate nearly 200 persons. The architects are Messrs. Ross & Macbeth, of Inverness. Tbe contractors are - Mason: Peter Anderson, Auchterarder; carpenter: James Martin, Auchterarder; slater: R. Gibson, Auchterarder; plumber: James Macleish, Perth; painter and glazier: C Alexander, Perth. [Builder 16 January 1897 p62]
'Planned for all forms of Christian worship'
Built for Reverend Edward Thomas Scott Reid of Auchterarder House, son of James Reid, locomotive builder. He was Dean of Glasgow in 1921, then Bichop of Glasgow. He died in 1938.
East window by Charles Eamer Kempe, made by Powell & Sons. Alexander Neilson of Dundee also involved. | 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 | | 24 September 1896 | | Consecrated | Pulpit | | January 1897 | | Foundation stone | memorial stone laid |
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 | | Alexander Ross | | A | 1897 | | | | Robert John Macbeth | | A | 1897 | | | | Ross & Macbeth | | A | 1897 | | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Lye, Margaret | 2010 | A Guide to Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane | | Margaret Lye/Lulu | 0112-115 | | Scottish Episcopal Church Yearbook | | Various years; dates to be checked | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 16 January 1897 | | | p62 - memorial stone laid | | Builder | 4 September 1897 | | | p190 | | Builder | 3 May 1912 | | | Obituary of Macbeth |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 21350 | |
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