Basic Site Details Name: | St Paul's Church | Town, district or village: | Galashiels | City or county: | Selkirkshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Galashiels.—A new church for the parish of Galashiels was opened last week. The estimated cost, including the spire, but exclusive of organ and pulpit, was about £13,000. The style is Early Decorated Gothic. The masonry outside and inside is of finely hewn stone - the outside of red-sandstone, and the inside of coloured grey sandstone intermixed with red-tone mouldings and other details. There is neither lath nor plaster, the stones being clean chiselled and close set. The spire with the tower is to be 190feet high, but the tower is only built as yet. A spacious hall is built at the south end, for the use of smaller meetings. Inside, the church is divided into nave, aisle, and transepts. The length of the nave is 83 feet; width across nave and aisles, 58 feet; width across transepts, 82 feet; breadth of transepts, 40 feet; height from floor to wall-plate of nave, 36 feet; height to apex of roof, 62 feet. The roofs are of open-timber work, supported on corbelled shafts of red freestone, with capitals and corbels carved against clerestory walls. The architect is Mr Hay, of Edinburgh. [Building News 2 December 1881 p738] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Old Parish and St Paul's Church | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Scott Crescent | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1878 | 1881 | | | | 23 November 1881 | | Opened | | | 1886 | | | Spire added | | 1902 | | | Memorial window to Queen Victoria | | 1911 | | | Queen Victoria Memorial |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p296-7 | | RSA | 1879 | | | | 953 | | RSA | 1886 | | | | 1154 | | Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | | p197 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | 11 May 1878 | xix | | Page 290.
| | Building News | 2 December 1881 | | | p738 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 31987 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Hay and Henderson Collection | | HH1/29-30 |
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