Basic Site Details Name: | St Salvadors Episcopal Church and Hall | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | St Salvador's Schools were part of site - now Maxwelltown Information Centre?
Stencil decoration (watercolour & tempera) which was previously thought to have been designed end by Bodley but was actually carried out by Frederick Richard Leach of Cambridge was replaced in oils by Mackay & Son under the direction of Charles G Soutar in 1906 and restored by J & T Harvey under the direction of Colin McWilliam in 1972.
Builder John Coghill & Co Glasgow, Rettie & Kent made the lectern and pulpit, 1868, stalls Kidd & Sons 1874, chancel screen Braern & Downing, 1875. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | EDUCATION | | | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Church Street | Yes | | | St Salvador Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1857 | | | Halls | | 1865 | 1868 | | Nave | | 1870s(?) | | | Stencilled decoration.
| | 1874 | | Build/construction | Chancel. Ceilings painted. | | 1875 | | Build/construction | Chancel screen - executed by Braun & Downing of Birmingham. Stalls executed by Kidd & Son, joiner. | | 1878 | 1879 | Build/construction | Walls painted. | | 1906 | | Repair | Stencil decoration inside and exterior stonework | | 1950 | | | Alterations | | 1972 | | Refurbishment | Interior refurbished by J & T Harvey with specialist advice from Colin McWilliam and Rab Snowden. | | 1981 | After 2013 | Restoration | Long-running restoration including conservation of organ, re-gilding the reredos, chancel screen and re-bedding and renewing the stone floor of the nave. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Robert Blackadder | | | | | Additions - date unknown | | (Reverend) Edward Sugden | | D | | | Alterations to school - date unknown | | George Frederick Bodley | | A | 1857 | | First church - with lower floor containing classroom and upper floor temporary church. Now Maxwelltown Information Centre. | | George Frederick Bodley | | B | 1865 | 1868 | Nave | | Bodley & Garner | | C | 1874 | | Chancel and lady chapel | | George Frederick Bodley | | C | 1874 | | Chancel and lady chapel | | Thomas Garner | | C | 1874 | | Chancel and lady chapel | | Frederick Richard Leach | | T | 1874 | 1879 | Stencilled decoration | | George Frederick Bodley | | G | 1875 | | Chancel screen and oak stalls (executed by joiner Kidd & Son) | | James Lowe | | J | 1906 | | External repair | | Charles Geddes Soutar | | K | 1906 | | Supervision of stencils being replaced in oils | | Thomas Lindsay Gray | | | 1950 | | Alterations | | Andrew Stewart Brown | | S | 1981 | After 2013 | Long-running restoration including conservation of organ, re-gilding the reredos, chancel screen and re-bedding and renewing the stone floor of the nave. | | James Walter Thorburn Simpson | | S | 1981 | After 2013 | Long-running restoration including conservation of organ, re-gilding the reredos, chancel screen and re-bedding and renewing the stone floor of the nave. | | Simpson & Brown | | S | 1981 | After 2013 | Long-running restoration including conservation of organ, re-gilding the reredos, chancel screen and re-bedding and renewing the stone floor of the nave. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bertie, David M (ed) | 2000 | Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000 | | Edinburgh: T & T Clark | p454 | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p231-232 | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | Interior view of Chancel (c.1900) p46 | | Simpson & Brown | 2012 | Simpson & Brown Architects:Thirty-five years in practice 1977-2012 | | | | | Symondson, Anthony | | G F Bodley and St Salvador's Dundee | Volume 1 | Bulletin of the Scottish Georgian Society, pp10-21 | | | Symondson, Anthony | 1997 | St Saldvador's Dundee and the fulfillment of the Puginian ideal | | Architectural Heritage VIII, pp108-116 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Dundee Courier and Advertiser | 14 September 1906 | | | | | Ecclesiology Today | 2016 | 53 | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dundee Planning Department/NMRS | Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm) | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25314 | | | T Lindsay Gray | T Lindsay Gray Drawing Archive | | 3 sheets drawings (roll 5) |
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