Basic Site Details Name: | Queen's Cross Free Church | City or county: | Aberdeen | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | A new Free Church was opened at Queen's Cross, Aberdeen, on Sunday. It is built of grey granite, and has a tower and spire rising to a height of 145feet. Sitting accommodation has been provided for 800 persons at a cost for erection of £7,000. Messrs Pirie and Clyne, of Aberdeen, are the architects. [Building News 22 April 1881 p467]
Church and site cost £9,000 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Queen's Cross Church | Yes | |
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 |  | Albyn Place | Yes | |  | Carden Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1878 | | Competition held | To include church, hall, session house and vestry (printed paper with competition rules dated 24 June 1878) |  | 24 June 1878 | | | Date of printed competition brief |  | 31 August 1878 | | | Date for submission of competition drawings |  | 20 September 1878 | | | Working drawings commenced |  | 1879 | 1881 | Construction | |  | 18 April 1881 | | Opened | |  | 1885 | | Design exhibited | |  | 1888 | | | Organ chamber added |  | 23 February 1888 | | | Date for tenders to be submitted for organ chamber |  | 1937 | 1939 | | Additions |
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 |  | Arthur Clyne | Architect | A | 1879 | After 1882 | Won competition and secured job |  | John Bridgeford Pirie | Architect | A | 1879 | After 1882 | Won competition and secured job |  | Pirie & Clyne | Architectural practice | A | 1879 | After 1882 | Won competition and secured job |  | Alexander Lorimer | Architect | A | After 1882 | Before 1887 | As apprentice to Pirie & Clyne |  | Arthur Clyne | Architect | B | 1888 | 1889 | Organ chamber added |  | John Bridgeford Pirie | Architect | B | 1888 | 1889 | Organ chamber added (tenders dated Fenruary and March 1888) |  | Pirie & Clyne | Architectural practice | B | 1888 | 1889 | Organ chamber added |  | John Alexander Ogg Allan | Architect | | 1937 | 1939 | Additions - session house and halls- see also separate entry for halls |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Gammie | 1909 | The churches of Aberdeen | | | p167-170 |  | Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen | 1981 | Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen: 100 years 1881-1981 | | Aberdeen | |  | RSA | 1885 | | | | 1100 |  | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p231 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Aberdeen Evening Express | 6 January 1906 | | | |  | Aberdeen Evening Express | 13 January 1906 | | | |  | Aberdeen Journal | 29 May 1880 | | | |  | Architect and Building News | 1937 | July-Dec | | p328 |  | Building News | 22 April 1881 | | | p467 - opening
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Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Aberdeen City Archives (copy in Public Library) | Aberdeen Town Council Minutes | | 17 September 1888, p279 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19948 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Ian G Lindsay Collection | | IGL W/270 Drawings |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | J B Pirie Collection | | Three photos 1970s and 1980s. 9 drawings on tracing paper of details of the organ chamber and case. Diary of 1878. Other documents, newscutting etc |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Lorimer: L v19 no1425 |
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