Historic churches · Central Scotland
St Salvador's Episcopal Church
St Salvador's Episcopal Church — category A listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
St Salvador's Episcopal Church is a category A listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB25314). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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St Salvador's Church is a Scottish Episcopal Church building in Dundee, designed in a Gothic Revival version of the English, Welsh and Scottish Decorated Style by George Frederick Bodley (with St Bride's Church, Glasgow one of only two churches by him in Scotland). Its dedication is a medieval Scottish version of Saint Saviour's.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Salvador's Church is a Scottish Episcopal Church building in Dundee, designed in a Gothic Revival version of the English, Welsh and Scottish Decorated Style by George Frederick Bodley (with St Bride's Church, Glasgow one of only two churches by him in Scotland). Its dedication is a medieval Scottish version of Saint Saviour's.
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Background
History
The parish was founded in 1856 as one of the missions to the poorer areas of the city by Alexander Penrose Forbes (Bishop of Brechin and previously a student at Oxford at the height of the Oxford Movement), specifically the mill-workers of the town's Hilltown area. Worship was originally held in the upper floor of the 1857 parish school building, also designed by Bodley and contemporary with his St Michael's, Brighton, with the nave of the permanent church only added in 1865-1868 and a chancel in 1874. whilst the friezes on the chancel arch, the reredos (showing an Annunciation and Crucifixion flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist surrounded by the eleven post-Easter apostles…
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- Coordinates
- 56.4701, -2.9713
- District
- Dundee City
- Postcode
- DD3 7EW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dundee Central
- Established
- 1868
- Official site
- stsalvadors.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q17575654 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Salvador's Church, Dundee (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Salvador's Episcopal Church?
- St Salvador's Episcopal Church is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode DD3 7EW).
- When was St Salvador's Episcopal Church built?
- Built or established in 1868.
- Is St Salvador's Episcopal Church a listed building?
- St Salvador's Episcopal Church is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- Is St Salvador's Episcopal Church free to visit?
- Yes, St Salvador's Episcopal Church is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Salvador's Episcopal Church?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DD3 7EW. It sits within the Dundee Central parliamentary constituency.