St John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Perth

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St John the Baptist Church
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The building in 2008
St John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Perth
56°23′38″N3°25′41″W / 56.3939°N 3.4281°W / 56.3939; -3.4281
LocationPrinces Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross
CountryScotland
Denomination Scottish Episcopalian
Website Official website
History
Statusopen
Dedication John the Baptist
Consecrated 22 October 1851
Architecture
Functional statusused
Heritage designation Category B listed building
Designated26 August 1977
Architect(s) John Hay
William Hardie Hay
James Murdoch Hay
Groundbreaking September 1850
CompletedJune 1851(172 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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic Environment Scotland. "Princes Street, St John the Baptist (Episcopal) Church (LB39308)".