Basic Site Details Name: | St Margaret's Church, Barnhill | Town, district or village: | Broughty Ferry | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Font made by Mr Tocher, a member of the congregation and gifted and placed in the Iron Church (used for worship by the congregation from 1884-1895) |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1886 | c. 1887 | | Font for iron church for Barnhill congregation - moved to new church | | September 1887 | Early 1889 | | Plans and design sketch drawn up | | c. 1894 | | | Designs altered by Duncan Carmichael executed (only nave and transepts built) | | 1 March 1895 | | | Foundation stone laid | | 16 May 1895 | | | Memorial stone set in porch. TDK gives 18 November 1895. | | 16 November 1895 | | | Dedication | | 1896 | | | Heavy oak and iron font cover. | | 1912 | | | Pulpit | | 1935 | | | Partial completion | | 1979 | | Addition | Additional two windows inserted high in chancel |
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 | | Charles Carmichael | | A | c. 1887 | c. 1888 | Design only and design of font. | | Duncan Carmichael | | A | c. 1894 | | Executed amended design (only nave and not transepts built) | | Duncan Carmichael | | C | c. 1896 | | Font cover | | Charles Geddes Soutar | | B | c. 1912 | | Pulpit | | Maclaren Sons & Soutar | | B | c. 1912 | | Pulpit - Soutar responsible | | Thomas Lindsay Gray | | | 1935 | | Partial completion to design of Charles and subsequently Duncan Carmichael (session room and vestries 1979) | | Thomas Lindsay Gray | | J | 1979 | | Additional wondows inserted high in chancel |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Adamson, Rev Newbigging | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p388-9 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Dundee Advertiser | 20 December 1894 | | | | | Transactions Scottish Ecclesiological Society | Between 1894 and 1896 | V9 (1896) | | pp14-18 | | Transactions Scottish Ecclesiological Society | Between 1912 and 1915 | v4, pt 3 (1915) | | pp259-66 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Aberdeen University | Aberdeen University Archives | | MS 2380, Box 2 Charles Carmichael sketchbook from August 1885-October 1886 | | Courtesy of Tom Davidson Kelly | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent April 2013 | | Dundee Planning Department | Broughty Ferry Approved Duplicate Plans | | Book 2 , p60 | | Dundee Planning Department/NMRS | Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm) | | Book 75, pp155-157 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25743 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Kirk Session Records | | CH2/1312/2 (Kirk Session minutes 1907-48 | | T Lindsay Gray | T Lindsay Gray Drawing Archive | | 20 sheets drawings (roll 5) and 3 prints (roll 5) |
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