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Basic Site Details
Name
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Aberdeen
Status
A Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Sculptor W & A Clow (rood screen). See also entry for Seabury Cathedral which was to replace this building but the project never came to fruition. Sculptor of reredos - Harry Hems, Exeter.
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
St Andrews Episcopal Cathedral
Yes
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Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
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Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Cathedral
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
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Address
Current Address
Notes
King Street
Yes
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
1816
1817
Original church
Competition designs submitted
1816
1880
Addition of chancel
1883
Reredos
1910/09
1921/03
Drawings dated (Lorimer)
Addition
1913
Rood screen, pulpit, Lady Altar and other furnishings. New porch added
1934
1945
Enlarged and entirely redecorated, including new ciborium. Had drawn up plans for new cathedral to be built with American money in Broad Street, but eventually remodelled Archibald Simpson's church to become cathedral
Foundation stone
1938
Foundation stone of new work laid by Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador
1938
1941
Seabury MemoriaL
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People
Design and Construction
The 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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
Archibald Simpson
1816
1817
Original church
James Young
C
Architect
1816
Was invited to compete for design of church - not successful
George Edmund Street
1880
Addition of chancel
Arthur Clyne
A
1883
Reredos design
John Bridgeford Pirie
A
1883
Reredos design
Pirie & Clyne
A
1883
Reredos design
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
E
Architect
1913
Rood screen, pulpit, Lady Altar and other furnishings. New porch added
(Sir) John Ninian Comper
1934
1945
Enlarged and entirely redecorated, including new ciborium. Had drawn up plans for new cathedral to be built with American money in Broad Street, but eventually remodelled Archibald Simpson's church to become cathedral
A Marshall Mackenzie & Son
B
1938
1941
Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper
Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie
B
1938
1941
Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper
David Dominic Scott Stokes
B
1938
1941
Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper
John Gibb Marr
B
1938
1941
Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Brogden, W A
1998
Aberdeen: an illustrated architectural guide
Second edition
Edinburgh: The Rutland Press
p71
Fraser, G M
1918
Archibald Simpson Architect and his times
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 5 April to 11 October 1918
iv
MacInnes, Ranald
1992
The Aberdeen guide
p150
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p176
Scottish Episcopal Church Yearbook
Various years; dates to be checked
Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M
2015
The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen
London and New Haven: Yale University Press
pp39-40, 115-6
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
pp 176 (ill) & 312
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
p34
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
NMRS Architects Index
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
NMRS Manuscripts
MSS/LOR/73/48 Notes made for alterations on visit by Lorimer 1911 etc
NMRS
Collection of drawings by Sir Ninian Comper
Acc No 2006/90
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
NMRS Photographic Archive
Photos of drawings D65343-52
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
J B Pirie Collection
Three contemporay photos with inscribed plaques
Aberdeen Diocesan Library
Information via website from Donald Stuart, Hon Archivist, Aberdeen Diocesan Library
Sent March 2007
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
19953
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR A/1
Robert Gordon's University Archive
Collection of plans, manuscripts etc
Copies of Comper's plans
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