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Chapel, St Joseph's R.C. College, Craigs Road, Dumfries

A Category B Listed Building in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.064 / 55°3'50"N

Longitude: -3.6002 / 3°36'0"W

OS Eastings: 297899

OS Northings: 575562

OS Grid: NX978755

Mapcode National: GBR 399W.CH

Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.NZT7

Plus Code: 9C7R397X+JW

Entry Name: Chapel, St Joseph's R.C. College, Craigs Road, Dumfries

Listing Name: Craigs Road, St Joseph's College, Chapel and Freestanding Lamp

Listing Date: 6 March 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362662

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26148

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dumfries, Craigs Road, St Joseph's R.c. College, Chapel

ID on this website: 200362662

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Dumfries

Electoral Ward: Nith

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Charles J Menart of Glasgow. Foundation stone and
rainwater heads dated 1923. Romanesque chapel;
cruciform-plan with aisles and higher chancel with
gabled cross-ridge roof; curved apse. Square tower at
liturgical west gable. Snecked bull-faced red ashlar with
polished dressings, round-headed openings throughout,
some (including main door at foot of tower) with columned
jambs with scalloped capitals. Tower has curved corners,
louvred bipartite belfry stage, corbelled parapet
enclosing cross-finialled elongated and pointed circular
dome. Nave 4 bays at clerestory, 3-bay aisles. Chancel
gables with 3-light windows below relieving arches. First
World War memorial plaque and crucifix set in to apse.
Slated roofs. Interior: round-headed chancel and
transept arches and aisle arcades; gallery with oak front
and supporting organ tubes; altar rail marble and
cast-iron, now cut through, with modern altar in crossing,
nearby. Original gothic altar, within chancel, is dated
29th October 1903, large and elaborate, with pinnacled
canopies; marbled timber. Leaded glass windows.
Free-standing battered, circular, red ashlar lamp, to W
of main door, with wrought-iron lantern.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Foundation stone

inscribed "This stone was laid by Right Rev Bishop McCarthy

DD XXII-V-MCMXXIII". Replaced corrugated iron chapel said to

have been brought from Greenock.

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