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St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee

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St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.

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30 min–1 h
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St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB12848). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 25/02/1993 Local Authority Perth And Kinross Planning Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Longforgan NGR NO 34698 30350 Coordinates 334698, 730350 — John Robertson, 1909. Rectangular-plan Gothic church with 3-stage tower to NW angle, aisle to N elevation; hall (and vestry to SE angle) slightly later in similar style, adjoined at NE angle forming L-plan complex. Bull-faced, snecked pink and cream rubble masonry, droved ashlar dressing, grey slate roof. Deep base course, chamfered wallhead course with modillion-type decoration extending to string course at W elevation and tower; pointed windows with moulded surrounds and bull-faced outer voussoirs, geometric tracery to E and W gables and S elevation, trefoil-headed single window elsewhere, cinquefoil and sexfoil clerestorey windows in moulded round panels to N elevation, trefoil-headed single windows elsewhere; multiple moulded Gothic doorways to W elevation, 2-leaf trefoil-headed panelling to doors, reflected in fanlights above; buttresses with rounded angles, raked coping to N and S elevations, clasping at angles and corbelled to hexagonal with tall facetted pinnacles, crocketted finials; coped skews to gables with cross finials; cast-iron rainwater goods, rectangular downpipes. Tower; rounded angles, round corbelled to hexagonal at 1st stage level stair tower to NE angle, crenellated and stepped ashlar parapet. Hall; similar details except plain wallhead course, hexagonal angle buttresses, conically-roofed stair and angle towers, some cast- iron weathervane finials. W ELEVATION: gable to right; door to centre and large window above flanked by buttresses and windows to ground and gallery level. Tower to left; door to ground floor, window to 1st stage, tall 3rd stage with louvred belfry opening to al

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland is located on Main Street in Invergowrie, Dundee, in central Scotland. It is a category B listed building, recognised for its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
56.4608, -3.0613
Postcode
DD2 5BE
Parliamentary constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee?
St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode DD2 5BE).
Is St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee a listed building?
St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee free to visit?
Yes, St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee is free to enter.
How do I get to St Columba's Church and Hall of Scotland, Main Street, Invergowrie, Dundee?
Drivers can navigate to postcode DD2 5BE. It sits within the Perth and Kinross-shire parliamentary constituency.