Survey Data

Reg No

20506111


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic, Social


Original Use

Church/chapel


In Use As

Church/chapel


Date

1860 - 1865


Coordinates

168025, 72229


Date Recorded

15/11/2001


Date Updated

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Description

Gothic-revival Presbyterian Church, built 1861, on a cruciform plan with shallow transepts, broach spire, buttresses and large window openings with delicate tracery and carved stone. Slate pitched roof. Interior includes a gallery supported on foliated iron brackets and an open timber roof with carved stone brackets. Church is situated on an elevated site having stone plinth wall with railings to front.

Appraisal

Ashlar limestone Gothic-revival church with fine cut stone details, tracery and leaded glass windows and retaining interior elements such as gallery and open timber roof structure. Built on an elevated site, it is visible from many parts of the city and has a number of associated buildings in its environs.Design attributed to an English architect J. Tarring.