St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church

St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church
St Leonard's-in-the-Fields and Trinity Church (until 2008)
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56°23′32″N 3°25′58″W / 56.392329°N 3.43289°W / 56.392329; -3.43289
LocationMarshall Place
Perth
CountryScotland
DenominationChurch of Scotland
Websitehttps://slitfperth.co.uk/
History
DedicationSaint Leonard
Architecture
Architect(s)J. J. Stevenson
Architectural typeGothic Revival
Completed1885; 139 years ago (1885)

St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church (formerly St Leonard's-in-the-Fields and Trinity Church)[1] is located in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Standing on Marshall Place, at its junction with Scott Street, overlooking the northern end of the South Inch, it was built between 1882 and 1885, to a design by J. J. Stevenson, and is now a Category A listed building. Of Church of Scotland denomination, the building is in the Gothic Revival style.[2]

Inside, the semi-octagonal apse was inspired by the 15th-century apse of the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling.[3]

Perth photographer Magnus Jackson had a wooden studio on the site between the 1850s and 1884.[4]

The organ is by Perth native Henry Bryceson's company of London and dates to 1881. It was built for the former Morningside United Presbyterian Church and moved here in 1985, installed in a modern ash case.[3]

  • Detail above the main door
    Detail above the main door
  • A wedding in the church (1973)
    A wedding in the church (1973)
  • Looking north from the inch
    Looking north from the inch

See also

References

  1. ^ "St Leonards-in-the-Fields & Trinity Church from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Marshall Place, St Leonard's-in-the-fields Church and Halls (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers" – Historic Environment Scotland
  3. ^ a b Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
  4. ^ "Magnus Jackson and the Black Art" – Perth and Kinross Council


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