St John's U.F. Church and Hall, 59 John Street, Montrose

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 11/06/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 30/03/1999 Local Authority Angus Planning Authority Angus Burgh Montrose NGR NO 71649 58058 Coordinates 371649, 758058 — William Smith, 1829. Hall, 1892. 2-storey, rectangular-plan, Neo-classical Church with dominating Tetrastyle Ionic portico. Fine grey sandstone ashlar to front, brown sandstone to sides, square and snecked to rear. Base course, 1st floor cill course, eaves cornice and parapet. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical 5-bay entrance front. 4 Ionic columns supporting deep entablature and pediment. 2 pilasters flanking 3 architraved doorways at ground beneath portico, rectangular fanlights, 14-pane glazing, deep-set 2-leaf 6-panel doors. 3 windows centred above at 1st floor. Single bays flanking portico with window at ground and 1st floor. Bellcote on square base above and behind pediment; 4 round-arch louvred openings to each face with paired attached columns on splayed corners, cornice, and copper clad cupola with weathervane. E ELEVATION: 5 bays, tall round-arch windows with dividing round-arch tracery and circle at head to centre 3 bays, outer bays blocked. W ELEVATION: as E Elevation. N ELEVATION: 3-bay end, round-arch windows with dividing tracery that to centre taller. Doorway beneath cill of window to left. Adjoining Hall to right. Timber sash and case windows to front, 16-pane beneath portico, 24-pane in outer bays. Multi-pane glazing to round-arch windows. Grey slate platform roof. INTERIOR: converted into offices at 2 storeys to front and along gallery level. Central space of body of church now interrupted by rooms built across gallery. Stained glass survives in round-arch windows. Marble ? columns rising through gallery. HALL: single storey rectangular-plan building with porch and

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.