St John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Perth

Church in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
56°23′38″N 3°25′41″W / 56.3939°N 3.4281°W / 56.3939; -3.4281LocationPrinces Street, Perth, Perth and KinrossCountryScotlandDenominationScottish EpiscopalianWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryStatusopenDedicationJohn the BaptistConsecrated22 October 1851ArchitectureFunctional statususedHeritage designationCategory B listed buildingDesignated26 August 1977Architect(s)John Hay
William Hardie Hay
James Murdoch HayGroundbreakingSeptember 1850CompletedJune 1851 (173 years ago) (1851)

St John the Baptist Church is located in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Of Scottish Episcopalian denomination, it is located on Princes Street, at its junction with Canal Street, in the southeastern corner of the city centre. It adjoins the Greyfriars Burial Ground on its western side. Completed in 1851, it is now a Category B listed building.[1] The church's architects were John Hay, William Hardie Hay and James Murdoch Hay, three brothers from Liverpool.[1]

Andrew Granger Heiton, nephew of Andrew Heiton, made additions in 1914.[1]

The site on which the church stands was purchased in 1795, on the condition that a place of worship for Church of England services be its only use. The chapel constructed that year was demolished in 1850 to make way for today's structure.

  • A 2013 view of the church's eastern elevation from the adjacent Greyfriars Burial Ground
    A 2013 view of the church's eastern elevation from the adjacent Greyfriars Burial Ground

See also

  • flagScotland portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Princes Street, St John the Baptist (Episcopal) Church (LB39308)".
  • Official website