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Gerard Hall, Church Street, Monifieth, Dundee

A Category B Listed Building in Monifieth, Angus

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4802 / 56°28'48"N

Longitude: -2.8205 / 2°49'13"W

OS Eastings: 349561

OS Northings: 732316

OS Grid: NO495323

Mapcode National: GBR VP.9NTS

Mapcode Global: WH7RD.ND30

Plus Code: 9C8VF5JH+3R

Entry Name: Gerard Hall, Church Street, Monifieth, Dundee

Listing Name: Church Street, Gerard Hall

Listing Date: 15 December 1989

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 383151

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37957

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundee, Monifieth, Church Street, Gerard Hall

ID on this website: 200383151

Location: Monifieth

County: Angus

Town: Monifieth

Electoral Ward: Monifieth and Sidlaw

Traditional County: Angus

Tagged with: Hall

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Description

Charles Edward and Thomas Robertson, 1882,

James Gentle, Dundee, mason. Single storey, rectangular plan N church hall, with N aisle, additional wing to E, Gothic. Stugged snecked ashlar, polished dressings. All lancet windows under continuous hoodmould, diamond leaded glazing throughout. Skew gables with skewputts, slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles throughout, square- plan, louvred, timber fleche.

MAIN HALL, W ELEVATION: off-set gabled porch with harled addition to N; shouldered arch door with sculpted and inscribed tympanum in pointed arch; simple rose window with vesica above at gallery level (also on E elevation).

S ELEVATION: 8-bay, base and string course; lancet windows; wallhead cornice; cast-iron rhones with triangular indent pattern, scalloped hoppers and decorative brackets. N elevation similar but window heads gabled. Simple connecting section to E wing; 3-light sash and case window with herringbone pattern tympanum recessed in chamfered pointed arch on S gable.

INTERIOR: N aisle formed by arcade of 4 pointed arches on octagonal piers with robustly cut capitals of differing foliate pattern; lowered ceiling, but braces and beams visible.

Statement of Interest

Erected as a Sunday school for St Rule?s Church by Rev Dr James Gerard Young (Minister 1855-99), reputedly after the ?best models? in America (Groome). "Time capsule" under one of the columns.

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