St John’s Church, Dunoon

St John’s Church, Dunoon
St. John's Church
Coordinates: 55°57′02″N 4°55′44″W / 55.95055°N 4.92877°W / 55.95055; -4.92877
Location Dunoon, Argyll
Country Scotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status In use
Heritage designation Category A listed building

St John's Church, formerly Dunoon Free Church, a Presbyterian church building in the Scottish town of Dunoon. It is located in the town centre at the junction between Hanover Street and Victoria Road. The building is listed as a category A listed building.[1] The church is still in daily use.

History

The building was erected in 1843 on the site of an older church. Architect RA Bryden was hired and the present church building was completed in 1877.[2] Like the predecessor, it was initially called Dunoon Free Church and later renamed St John's Church.

Description

St John's Church was built using dry stone masonry and stands on a steeply sloping site which increases its apparent size and the height of the tower and spire. The architecture is in the Normandy Gothic architecture style with crisply carved details. The interior is laid out with a horse-shoe shaped gallery for the congregation and a raised and raked gallery for the choir behind the central pulpit. There are many stained glass windows throughout the building. The organ was installed in 1895 by Brook & Co as a two-manual pipe organ, and was subsequently enlarged to three manuals in 1921.

References

  1. ↑ "St John's Church,Dunoon". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Scotland's Church Trust". Sacred Scotland. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
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