Basic Site Details Name: | St Andrew's Episcopal Church | City or county: | Aberdeen | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Sculptor W & A Clow (rood screen). See also entry for Seabury Cathedral which was to replace this building but the project never came to fruition. Sculptor of reredos - Harry Hems, Exeter. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | St Andrews Episcopal Cathedral | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cathedral | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | King Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1816 | 1817 | | Original church | | 1816 | | Competition designs submitted | | | 1880 | | | Addition of chancel | | 1883 | | | Reredos | | September 1910 | March 1921 | | Drawings dated (Lorimer) | | 1913 | | Addition | Rood screen, pulpit, Lady Altar and other furnishings. New porch added | | 1934 | 1945 | | Enlarged and entirely redecorated, including new ciborium. Had drawn up plans for new cathedral to be built with American money in Broad Street, but eventually remodelled Archibald Simpson's church to become cathedral | | 1938 | | Foundation stone | Foundation stone of new work laid by Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador | | 1938 | 1941 | | Seabury MemoriaL |
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 | | Archibald Simpson | | | 1816 | 1817 | Original church | | James Young | | C | 1816 | | Was invited to compete for design of church - not successful | | George Edmund Street | | | 1880 | | Addition of chancel | | Arthur Clyne | | A | 1883 | | Reredos design | | John Bridgeford Pirie | | A | 1883 | | Reredos design | | Pirie & Clyne | | A | 1883 | | Reredos design | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | E | 1913 | | Rood screen, pulpit, Lady Altar and other furnishings. New porch added | | (Sir) John Ninian Comper | | | 1934 | 1945 | Enlarged and entirely redecorated, including new ciborium. Had drawn up plans for new cathedral to be built with American money in Broad Street, but eventually remodelled Archibald Simpson's church to become cathedral | | A Marshall Mackenzie & Son | | B | 1938 | 1941 | Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper | | Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie | | B | 1938 | 1941 | Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper | | David Dominic Scott Stokes | | B | 1938 | 1941 | Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper | | John Gibb Marr | | B | 1938 | 1941 | Executed the design and installation of the Seabury Memorial - on behalf of Comper |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Brogden, W A | 1998 | Aberdeen: an illustrated architectural guide | Second edition | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p71 | | Fraser, G M | 1918 | Archibald Simpson Architect and his times | | Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 5 April to 11 October 1918 | iv | | MacInnes, Ranald | 1992 | The Aberdeen guide | | | p150 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p176 | | Scottish Episcopal Church Yearbook | | Various years; dates to be checked | | | | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp39-40, 115-6 | | Symondson, Anthony and Bucknall, Stephen | 2006 | Sir Ninian Comper: An introduction to his life and work with complete gazetteer | | Reading: Spire Books and the Ecclesiological Society | pp 176 (ill) & 312 | | Symondson, Anthony, SJ | 1998 | Unity by inclusion: Sir Ninian Comper and the planning of a Modern Church | no 3 | Twentieth Century Architecture: The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society, pp 17-42 | p34 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Aberdeen Diocesan Library | Information via website from Donald Stuart, Hon Archivist, Aberdeen Diocesan Library | | Sent March 2007 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19953 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | J B Pirie Collection | | Three contemporay photos with inscribed plaques | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR A/1 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Manuscripts | | MSS/LOR/73/48 Notes made for alterations on visit by Lorimer 1911 etc | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | Photos of drawings D65343-52 | | NMRS | Collection of drawings by Sir Ninian Comper | | | | Robert Gordon's University Archive | Collection of plans, manuscripts etc | | Copies of Comper's plans |
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