Description

Samuel Bell, erected under supervision of Baillie A Thoms, 1787-8. Rectangular-plan, simple Gothic style church between St Mary's Tower and the pend through Old St Paul's and St David's Church. Ashlar, slate roof; later cathedral-pane glazing.

S ELEVATION: un-buttressed, 4 bays of large Y-traceried pointed-arch windows. Continuous cill course. Band of blind quatrefoils beneath corbelled eaves. Angle pinnacles at W gables.

N ELEVATION: 5 bays, similarly detailed, central pointed-arch door beneath Y-traceried window.

INTERIOR: simple rectangle, refurnished with 19th century pews and 20th century pulpit etc. Rear gallery front with blind Gothick arcading and tassellated detail. Columns removed.

Statement of Interest

An ecclesiastical building in use as such. Listed category A for its grouping within the City Churches and St Mary's Tower.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Steeple Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7605920

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)